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You have heard that it was said, `An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.`
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A Law to Limit Revenge
Commentators unanimously explain that "an eye for an eye" was originally a legal principle for judges, not a rule for personal conduct. Its purpose was to restrict unlimited vengeance by ensuring punishment was proportional to the crime. It was a system of justice, not a license for personal payback.
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An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth (οφθαλμον αντ οφθαλμου κα οδοντα αντ οδοντος). Note αντ with the notion of exchange or …
19th Century
Anglican
An eye for an eye — Here again, the scribes first took their stand on the letter of the Law, ignoring its aim and purpose, and the…
Baptist
You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say to you, that you resist not evil: but whoever shall…
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16th Century
Protestant
An eye for an eye. Here another error is corrected. God had commanded, by His law (Leviticus 24:20), that judges and magistrat…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have heard that it has been said That is, to, or by them of old time, as is expressed in some of the foregoing instances,<…
Presbyterian
The plain instruction is: Suffer any injury that can be endured for the sake of peace, committing your concerns to the Lord's keeping. And the sum …
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13th Century
Catholic
You have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye. Above, the Lord fulfilled the Law concerning permissive precept…
