Luke Chapter 6 verse 29 Holy Bible
To him that smiteth thee on the `one' cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
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If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.
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To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.
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And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
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To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.
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and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other. This and the following direction is clothed in language of Eastern. picturesqueness, to drive home to the listening crowds the great and novel truths he was urging upon them. No reasonable, thoughtful man would feel himself bound to the letter of these commandments. Our Lord, for instance, himself did not offer himself to be stricken again (John 18:22, 23), but firmly, though with exquisite courtesy, rebuked the one who struck him. St. Paul, too (Acts 23:3), never dreamed of obeying the letter of this charge. It is but an assertion of a great principle, and so, with the exception of a very few mistaken fanatics, all the great teachers of Christianity have understood it.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) And unto him that smiteth thee . . .--See Notes on Matthew 5:39-40.And him that taketh away thy cloke.--St. Luke's report of the maxim points to direct violence, St. Matthew's to legal process. It is noticeable also that St. Luke inverts the order of the "cloke" and the "coat." "If he takes the upper garment, give him the under one also."
