Deuteronomy 19:19; Exodus 21:22-27; Leviticus 24:19; 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 ru...
(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, tha...
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 permissiv...
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....
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 magist...
DISCOURSE: 1307 RETALIATION FORBIDDEN Matthew 5:38-41 . Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I...
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: An eye for an eye - Our Lord refers here to the law of retaliation...
Ye have heard, &c.— With respect to men's resisting and revenging such injuries as are done them, Jesus assured his disciples, that although, f...
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 ( Exodus 21:23-25 ;...
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 S...
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 pr...
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...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
Brotherly Relationship Matthew 5:38-48 In mentioning the second mile, our Lord refers to a well-known Eastern custom of forwarding messages by...
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. C...
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...
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...
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 ey...
Ye have heard , &c. Our Lord proceeds to enforce such meekness and love toward their enemies, on those who are persecuted for righteousness' sak...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of...
The Sermon on the Mount. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an e...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished fr...
Matthew 5:38-42 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 a...
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...
Matthew 5:31-32 . 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 whos...
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...
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...
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 Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Go...
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 en...
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: