George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Matthew 5:38
Hence your doctors have concluded that revenge, equal to the injury, was permitted.
Hence your doctors have concluded that revenge, equal to the injury, was permitted.
Verse 38. _AN EYE FOR AN EYE_] Our Lord refers here to the law of retaliation mentioned Exodus 21:24, Exodus 21:24, (see the note there, and Leviticus 24:20,...
AN EYE FOR AN EYE ... - This command is found in Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20, and Deuteronomy 19:21. In these places it was given as a rule to regulate the decisions of judges. They were
5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7 _ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .) 2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
RETALIATION (_cf._ Luke 6:29 f.). Like the law of divorce, the law of the _ius talionis_ (Exodus 21:24 f.*) was more restrictive than permissive; it limited revenge by fixing an exact compensation for...
You have heard that it has been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you not to resist evil; but if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also; and if an...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48) As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel. In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that the hour has struc...
THE LAW OF RETALIATION. IT HATH BEEN SAID. it was said. Quoted from Exodus 21:24. Compare Lev 24:24.Deuteronomy 19:21. See App-107.:2 and 117....
(_b_) The law of retaliation, 38 42. 38. _An eye for an eye_ See Exodus 21:24. The Scribes draw a false inference from the letter of the law. As a legal remedy the _lex talionis_was probably the best...
(_b_) The law of retaliation, 38–42...
ὈΦΘΑΛΜῸΝ�. See Exodus 21:24. The Scribes drew a false inference from the letter of the law. As a legal remedy the _lex talionis_ was probably the best possible in a rude state of society. The principl...
VER 38. "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH:' 39. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL: BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE THEE ON THY RIGHT CHEEK, TURN TO...
_JESUS' TEACHINGS ABOUT RETALIATION AND LOVE MATTHEW 5:38-48:_ Having the right attitude will cause us to go the second mile. (Matthew 5:38-42) Do anything and everything within your power to show the...
ΉΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 5:21. ΈΡΡΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Matthew 5:21. ΆΝΤ (G473) с _gen._ вместо чего-л. ΟΔΌΝΤΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΌΔΟΎΣ (G3599) зуб (SB, 1:337-41).
DISCOURSE: 1307 RETALIATION FORBIDDEN Matthew 5:38. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: hut whosoever shall s...
YE HAVE HEARD, &C.— With respect to men's resisting and revenging such injuries as are done them, Jesus assured his disciples, that although, for the preservation of society, Moses had ordained the ju...
C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW 5. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PERSONAL VINDICATION. (Parallel: Luke 6:27-31) TEXT: 5:38-42 38. Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a toot...
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID ( ; ; ), An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a t...
22 Gehenna, the valley of the son of Hinnom, just below the city of Jerusalem, where idolatrous worship was once carried on and where the city offal was burned, will once more become the incinerator f...
ABOLITION OF THE LAW OF RETALIATION: cp. Luke 6:29; Luke 6:30. It is a difficulty to some that God should ever have sanctioned the barbarous principle of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' (E...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20), that it is
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AN EYE FOR AN EYE. — Here again the scribes first took their stand on the letter, regardless of the aim and purpose, of the Law, and then expanded it in a wrong direction. As originally given, it was...
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contains the theme, he following vv. Christ's comment. Ὀφθαλμὸν … ὀδόντος. An exact quotation from Exodus 21:24. Christ's criticism here concerns a precept from the oldest code of Hebrew law. Fritzsch...
_Fifth illustration_, from the law of compensation....
BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP Matthew 5:38-48 In mentioning the second mile, our Lord refers to a well-known Eastern custom of forwarding messages by relays of forced labor. We leave our homes on a given mo...
In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
(9) Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: (9) He shows that contrary to the doctrine of the scribes, that the sum of the second table must be so understood...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
Who can read the justice and equity of that strict law, which enjoins an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, without having his mind directed to the contemplation of CHRIST as our surety. In hint...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
Matthew 5:38._An eye for an eye. Here _another error is corrected. God had enjoined, by his law, (Leviticus 24:20,) that judges and magistrates should punish those who had done injuries, by making the...
He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside. The str...
YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID,.... That is, to, or by them of old time, as is expressed in some of the foregoing instances, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH, Exodus 21:24. This is "l...
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Ver. 38. _Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, &c._] This law of like for like (which also was in...
_Ye have heard_, &c. Our Lord proceeds to enforce such meekness and love toward their enemies, on those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, as were utterly unknown to the scribes and Pharisees...
THE LAW OF LOVE TOWARD THE ENEMY. v. 38. YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. Jesus here refers to the law of retribution, or compensation, as contained in...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
38-42 The plain instruction is, Suffer any injury that can be borne, for the sake of peace, committing your concerns to the Lord's keeping. And the sum of all is, that Christians must avoid disputing...
This was the commandment of God to the magistrate, in case a woman with child were struck, and any mischief came of it, {EXODUS 21:24}; in case of damage done to a neighbour, {LEVITICUS 24:20}; and in...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews demonstrates? For the wont of the old law was to avenge itself by the vengeance of the glaive, and to pluck out "eye for eye," and to inflict retaliatory revenge for...
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HIS DISCIPLES ARE TO SHOW GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT, NOT TO CRY FOR VENGEANCE (5:38-42). In this example Jesus is replying to a mistaken interpretation of the Law. The purpose of the law ‘an eye for an eye...
“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” Known as the lex talionis, in ancient days this law was common in many cultures in times far preceding Moses. It is found...
FIVE FULLER APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW (5:21-43). In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should be Jesus selects five pivotal aspects of the Law, and expands on them and explains...
Matthew 5:38. EYE FOR AN EYE, etc. The law of retaliation (Exodus 21:24) was a judicial rule, righteous in itself, and especially necessary in the East. Introduced to do away with the private revenge,...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew 5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH (οφθαλμον αντ οφθαλμου κα οδοντα αντ οδοντος). Note αντ with the notion of exchange or substitution. The quotation is from Exodus 21:24; Deuteronomy 19:21;...
Matthew 5:38 I. The principle of the Mosaic law and it is a principle of no little importance in its own place is that there should be as far as possible a just proportion between the offence and the...
Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._ The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old Testament,...
Matthew 5:31. _It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto to you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of f...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light. Christ's relation to the law. Divorce. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
AN EYE FOR AN EYE. The old Law permitted equal revenge. (Exodus 21:23-25; Leviticus 24:18-20). The Jews took advantage of this to excuse their evil ways....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:38 EYE FOR AN EYE. God intended this “law of retaliation” to prevent inappropriate punishment. See note on Ex. 21:23–25....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv. Matthew 5:21, Matt
CHAPTER 5 _Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was? "Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT _The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and po...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 5:1 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew 4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five, And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto...
Deuteronomy 19:19; Exodus 21:22; Leviticus 24:19; Leviticus 24:20...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
Ye have heard — Our Lord proceeds to enforce such meekness and love on those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (which he pursues to the end of the chapter) as were utterly unknown to the scri...
Our Saviour here vindicates the sixth commandment, which obliges us to do no wrong to the body of our neighbour. God had given. law to the public magistrate, to require an eye for an eye, and. tooth f...