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Matthew 5:38

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is not here condemning the violence or brutality of such punishments, but the very idea of retribution, which, together with the statement in the following few verses, forms the core of Jesus' teaching of nonviolence.
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This verse begins in the same style as the earlier antitheses, that natural desire for retaliation or vengeance can be conveniently justified with a reference to the
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48
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notes that by Jesus' era such punishments were no longer in practice, rather they had been replaced with
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judged to be of equal value to the damage caused. Thus, according to France,
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The Gospel According to Matthew: an Introduction and Commentary.
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Index

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Gospel of Matthew
New Testament
the fifth chapter
Gospel of Matthew
New Testament
Sermon on the Mount
antithesis
Eye for an eye
King James Version
Bible
World English Bible
Novum Testamentum Graece
BibleHub Matthew 5:38
Old Testament
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
lex talionis
retributive punishment
Code of Hammurabi
Exodus
21:24
Leviticus
24:20
Deuteronomy
19:21
blood feuds
Genesis
4:23–24

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