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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,...
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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
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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(_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...
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(_b_)
The law of retaliation, 38–42...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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).
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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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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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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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...
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_Fifth illustration_, from the law of compensation....
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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Hence your doctors have concluded that revenge, equal to the injury,
was permitted....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Matthew 5:38 heard G191 (G5656) that G3754 said G4483 (G5681) eye
G3788 for G473 eye G3788 and
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 19:19; Exodus 21:22; Leviticus 24:19; Leviticus 24:20...
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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...
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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...
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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...