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Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Exodus 21:26,27 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake…
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him. Deuteronomy 19:21. You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
Eye for Eye. 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[ a] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go ...
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 him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." It's a testament to Christ's influence in changing mankind that modern readers often see "eye for an eye" as vicious or harsh.
Matthew 5:38-42. The old law directed judges to inflict penalties precisely equivalent to offences-’an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth’ { Exodus 21:24 }, but that direction was not for the guidance of individuals.
The idiomatic biblical phrase "an eye for an eye" in Exodus and Leviticus (Hebrew: עין תחת עין, romanized: ayin tachat ayin) literally means 'an eye under/(in place of) an eye' while a slightly different phrase (עַיִן בְּעַיִן שֵׁן בְּשֵׁן, literally 'eye for an eye; tooth for a tooth') is used in another ...
May 20, 2022 · If someone took out your eye (literally) you would, in Old Testament culture, bring them to a court of law to receive fair compensation for the pain they inflicted. But let’s take a look at the verse in context to better understand what it means.
Jan 4, 2022 · In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus counters the common teaching of personal retaliation: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you . . .” (Matthew 5:38–39).
Matthew 5:38. 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 ) .
