Luke 6:29 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 25
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…says, “give to him thy cloak also; and from him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again; and as ye would that men should do unto you, do ye unto them:” so that we may not grieve as those who are unwilling to be defrauded, but may rejoice as those who have given willingly, and as rather conferring a favour upon…” — editor's note: Luke vi. 29–31.
Read the whole comment“Yea, moreover, through their instrumentality the world is at peace, and we walk on the highways without fear, and sail where we will.” — editor's note: [A touching tribute to the imperial law, at a moment when Christians were “dying daily” and “as sheep for the slaughter.” So powerfully worked the divine…
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Thus we read in Luke; “Whoso smiteth thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.” [Luke 6:29] Now there is no example of patience more perfect than that of the Lord; yet He, when He was smitten, said not, ‘Behold the other cheek,’ but, “If I…” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“And the complements of these are those laws of reason and words of sanctity which are inscribed on men’s hearts: “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; to him who strikes thee on the cheek, present also the other;” “thou shalt not lust, for by lust alone thou hast committed adultery.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 29.
Read the whole comment“And He says: “If any one strike thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one take away thy coat, hinder him not from taking thy cloak also.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 40; Luke vi. 27–29.
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Tertullian
“Else how will one, when he has two coats, give the one of them to the naked, unless he be a man likewise to offer to one who takes away his coat his cloak as well?” — editor's note: Matt. v. 40; Luke vi. 29.
Read the whole comment“…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: Luke vi. 29.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Having spoken above of what they might suffer from their enemies, He now points out how they ought to conduct themselves towards their enemies, saying, But I say to you who hear.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Having proceeded in the enumeration of many heavenly actions, He not unwisely comes to this place last, that He might teach the people confirmed by the divine miracles to march onward in the footsteps of virtue…
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It is indeed the part of an enemy to injure and be treacherous. Every one then who does harm in any way to any one is called his enemy.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But this way of life was well adapted to the holy teachers who were about to preach throughout the earth the word of salvation, and if it had been their will to take vengeance upon their persecutors, had failed to…
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But He says not, Do not hate, but love; nor did He merely command to love, but also to do good, as it follows, Do good to them which hate you.
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
But because man consists of body and soul, to the soul indeed we shall do this good, by reproving and admonishing such men, and leading them by the hand to conversion; but to the body, by profiting them in the…
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For they who pierce their own souls deserve tears and weeping, not curses. For nothing is more hateful than a cursing heart, or more foul than a tongue which utters curses. O man, spit not forth the poison of asps,…
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But the question is fairly raised, how it is that in the prophets are to be found many curses against their enemies. Upon which we must observe, that the prophets in the imprecations they uttered foretold the future,…
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Now the old law commanded us not to injure one another; or if we are first injured, not to extend our wrath beyond the measure of the injurer, but the fulfilling of the law is in Christ and in His commands. Hence it…
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For physicians also, when they are attacked by madmen, have then most compassion on them, and exert themselves to restore them. Have thou also a like consideration towards thy persecutors; for it is they who are…
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But we almost all of us offend against this command, and especially the powerful and rulers, not only if they have suffered insult, but if respect is not paid them, accounting all those their enemies who treat them…
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But the Lord would moreover have us to be despisers of property. As it follows, And him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also. For this is the soul’s virtue, which is altogether alien from…
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Now He said not, Bear humbly the rule of thy persecutor, but, Go on wisely, and prepare thyself to suffer what he desires thee to do; overcoming his insolence by thy great prudence, that he may depart with shame at…
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He says not, To him that seeketh give all things, but give what you justly and honestly can, that is, what as far as man can know or believe, neither hurts you, nor another: and if thou hast justly refused any one,…
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Herein however we do not lightly err, when not only we give not to those who seek, but also blame them? Why (you say) does he not work, why is the idle man fed? Tell me, dost thou then possess by labour? but still if…
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Every thing we have we receive from God. But when we speak of “mine and thine,” they are only bare words. For if you assert a house to be yours, you have uttered an expression which wants the substance of reality.…
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He says this of garments, houses, farms, beasts of burdens, and generally of all property. But a Christian ought not to possess a slave as he does a horse or money. If a slave is more honourably governed by thee than…
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Now we have a natural law implanted in us, by which we distinguish between what is virtue, and what is vice. Hence it follows, And as ye would that men should do unto you, do ye also to them. He does not say,…
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:38–42 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:38–42 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:38–42 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:38–42 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.30 and 1 other place.