Wait. I don't get it.Matthew 5 wrote:39 ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ· ἀλλ’ ὅστις σε ῥαπίζει εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην· 40 καὶ τῷ θέλοντί σοι κριθῆναι καὶ τὸν χιτῶνά σου λαβεῖν, ἄφες αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον· 41 καὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ’ αὐτοῦ δύο.
For some reason, I've been reading this backwards for years without realizing it. I assumed that if someone sued you, they would sue you for your ἱμάτιον. It's the more expensive garment, you can give it up and still be covered, and it's been a lot less intimately involved with your body (which makes it more desirable for the person who is suing you). And I thought this said that if they do that, give them your χιτών as well - taking it to a hyperbolic extreme.
But ... it's obviously written the other way around. And it doesn't make sense to me as written. Can someone help?