What Jesus Means by “Turn the Other Cheek”

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Sermon on the Mount E15 – In Matthew 5:38-42, Jesus offers wisdom from the Torah about retaliation, justice, and nonviolent resistance to injustice. He references a series of laws in Exodus 21, Leviticus 24, and Deuteronomy 19, all of which contain the familiar language of “eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” Jesus reveals the surprising wisdom within these laws, using real-life scenarios that would have been familiar to oppressed Israelites living under Roman occupation: turning the other cheek, giving your cloak, and going the extra mile. In this episode, Jon, Tim, and Michelle discuss how these actions can open up our imaginations for boldly standing against injustice in creative, nonviolent ways.

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0:00.0	This is a Bible Project Podcast and this year we're reading through the Sermon on the Mount.
0:09.0	I'm John Collins and with me as co-host Michelle,
0:11.0	Hi Michelle.
0:12.0	Hi Michelle. Hi John.
0:12.5	So we're in the part of the sermon on the Mount
0:14.4	where Jesus teaches that the Hebrew Bible,
0:17.2	that is the Torah and the prophets,
0:19.0	has profound wisdom for us today.
0:21.5	Right, so Jesus has been quoting from laws in the Torah. These
0:24.7	were given to ancient Israel to guide them in their day and then Jesus teaches his
0:29.2	followers the deep ethical wisdom within the laws that can still guide us.
0:33.8	Right, we've been calling these case studies
0:36.8	and we've gone through four of them so far.
0:39.2	We've looked at murder, adultery, divorce,
0:42.4	and truth-Telling.
0:43.9	Today we look at the fifth case study.
0:45.9	Jesus quotes a famous line from the Torah,
0:48.2	an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
0:50.8	You knock out my tooth, I knock out yours.
0:53.2	Yeah, and while this law can sound brutal,
0:55.2	and vengeful, its purpose in the ancient world
0:57.7	was to counter our impulse for revenge.
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