What does Matthew 5:39 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Verse 39. _RESIST NOT EVIL_] Or, _the evil person_. So, I am fully persuaded, τω πονηρω ought to be translated. Our Lord's meaning is, "Do not repel one outrage by another." He that does so makes hims...
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 to take eye...
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SMITE. Greek. _rapizo._ Occurs only in Matthew (here and Matthew 26:67)....
_resist not evil_ i. e. DO NOT SEEK TO RETALIATE EVIL. _turn to him the other also_ To be understood with the limitation imposed on the words by our Lord's personal example, John 18:22-23. The grada...
(_b_) The law of retaliation, 38–42...
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...
ΆΝΤΙΣΤΉΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΆΝΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G436) противиться, восставать против, сопротивляться, противоборствовать, противодействовать. _Inf._ в косв. речи, РАΠΊΖΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΡΑΠΊΖΩ (G447...
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...
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 too...
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL; BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE 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...
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RESIST NOT EVIL. — The Greek, as before in Matthew 5:37, may be either masculine or neuter, and followed as it is by “whosoever,” the former seems preferable; only here it is not “the evil one,” with...
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_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 m...
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_Not to resist evil; [6] i.e. not to resist or revenge thyself of him that hath done evil to thee. --- Turn him the other cheek. Let him have also thy cloak. These are to be understood as admonitions...
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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...
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...
39._Do not resist evil. _There are two ways of resisting: the one, by warding off injuries through inoffensive conduct; the other, by retaliation. (412) Though Christ does not permit his people to rep...
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...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL,.... This is not to be understood of any sort of evil, not of the evil of sin, of bad actions, and false doctrines, which are to be opposed; nor of the evil...
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Ver. 39. _But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil_] For here to resist...
_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...
RESIST NOT EVIL; by rendering like for like. It is the spirit of kindness and forgiveness towards those who injure us which our Lord here inculcates. The forgiveness of injuries, and not the avenging...
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 i...
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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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Matthew 5:39 But G1161 I G1473 tell G3004 (G5719) you G5213 not G3361 resist G436 (G5629) evil G4190 But G235 whoever G3748 slaps G4474 (G5692) you G4571 on G1909 your G4675 right G1188 cheek G4600 tu...
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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RESIST NOT HIM THAT IS EVIL (με αντιστηνα τω πονηρω). Here again it is the infinitive (second aorist active) in indirect command. But is it "the evil man" or the "evil deed"? The dative case is the...
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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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...
DO NOT TAKE REVENGE. He does not mean civil law and its penalties. He speaks of personal vengeance. LET HIM SLAP YOUR LEFT CHEEK TOO. This must be the spirit of the Christian. It will prevent the sin...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv. Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:27, etc.). Jesus does not correct the OT (see note on v. 43); rather, he corrects common misunderstandings of...
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...
1 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Kings 22:24; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 3:9; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:31; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Hebrews 12:4;...
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...
But I say unto you, that ye resist not the evil man — Thus; the Greek word translated resist signifies standing in battle array, striving for victory. If a man smite thee on the right cheek — Return n...