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Matthew 5:39
On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, Gregory Jordan (ENG) wrote:
>
> No seriously, I have a hard time picturing Jesus turning his cheek in the
> following passages (which in fact leads me to think he was being
> metaphorical in Matt. 5:39), but it's up to the reader to decide.
>
I'm wondering if you could specify what you mean by "metaphorical." Do
you mean metaphorical in the sense that it applys to contexts other than
facial blows? If so, I think Jesus' whole arrest and cricifixion is an
act of turning the other cheek and we're left with the question (probably
out of the context of B-Greek) of when one should act as Jesus did, not
resisting when it would be possible. At any rate, we are not necessarily
justified in calling Jesus a hypocrite.
On the other hand, if by metaphorical you mean that Jesus did not
indicate that one should, at time, not resist evil, what did he mean?
Travis Bauer
Jamestown College