Exodus 21:24

“On the one hand, we know that “it was said to them in old time, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;” and on the other, we have read, “I say unto you, Whoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxi. 24.

“For the wont of the old law was to avenge itself by the vengeance of the glaive, and to pluck out “eye for eye,” and to inflict retaliatory revenge for injury.” — editor's note: Comp. Ex. xxi. 24, 25; Lev. xxiv. 17–22; Deut. xix. 11–21; Matt. v. 38.

“So, too, “Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth,” has now grown old, ever since “Let none render evil for evil” grew young.” — editor's note: Ex. xxi. 24; Lev. xxiv. 20; Deut. xix. 21; Matt. v. 38.

“But what parts of the law can I defend as good with a greater confidence than those which heresy has shown such a longing for?—as the statute of retaliation, requiring eye for eye, tooth for tooth, and stripe for stripe.” — editor's note: Ex. xxi. 24.

“…a new kind of patience, when He actually prohibits the reprisals which the Creator permitted in requiring “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,” and bids us, on the contrary, “to him who smiteth us on the one cheek, to offer the other also, and to give up our coat to him that taketh away our cloak.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxi. 24.

“So we know that David went beyond the requirement of the law, as, though Moses commanded that vengeance should be taken on enemies, he not only did not do this, but actually embraced his persecutors with love, and piously entreated the Lord for them, and wept bitterly and avenged them when they were slain.” — editor's note: Cf. Exod. xxi. 24.

“Grace would have our patience proved by the injuries and blows offered to us being redoubled, and bids us be ready to endure twice as much damage; saying: “If a man strike thee on one cheek, offer him the other also; and to him who will contend with thee at the law and take away thy coat, give him thy cloak also.”” — editor's note: Exod. xxi. 24; S. Matt. v. 39, 40.

“In the next place, they criticise the law in the old covenant, which bids put out “an eye for an eye,” and “a tooth for a tooth;”and straightway they insult and say, “Why, how can He be good who speaks so?”” — editor's note: Tertull. adv. Marcion. ii. 18; Exod. xxi. 24. “Which of the good rules of the law should I rather defend, than those which heresy hath craved for her own…

“…pay you back, inasmuch as the man has done so; but when you do that from a regard to God’s precept, it cannot be unfruitful with Him who gives these commands.” — editor's note: This section, which concerns the law of retaliation, grew out of a rule of every-day life which the Pharisees constructed upon a principle of judicature laid…

“For this requires that the offender suffer what he did, as that clause of the law says, “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxi. 24.

“Quinetiam eo dicente: “Oculum pro oculo,” oportuit vos decertationem contraria non rependere decertatione.” — editor's note: Ex. xxi. 24.

Exodus 21:24 and Deuteronomy 19:21 share the same wording (12 words).

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.18.

Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 5.

Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 5.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.18.

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.18.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.18.

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.25.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.25.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.25.

Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 5.

Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 5.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.25 and 2 other places.

Cited together in The City of God XXI.11.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.18.

Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 5.

Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 5.

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.

Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.

Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.