An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

 An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

 

Matthew 5:38-40 『You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.』

Exodus 21:22-25 "If men fight together and strike a pregnant woman so that she miscarries (yatzah yered), but there is no further harm, then he shall surely pay the fine, as her husband may require; he shall pay it according to the judgment of the judges. But if there is further harm (ason), then he shall give (nathan): life for life (tachat), eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."

Yazza Yered means premature birth rather than abortion. The child is born into the world, but there is no disaster. Therefore, the child is not a dead abortion, but is born prematurely. Even if there is no disaster, it means to pay the fine according to the judge's decision. Paril, which is translated as judgment, is translated as judge, but if you look at the origin of the word, it means to judge, mediate, pray, and petition. It means to pass it on to the right judgment in prayer.

In 『If there is another year』, in another year (Ason), there is no other word in the Hebrew Bible. Ason is translated as disaster. The year (disaster) refers to the mother. If the mother's eyes are damaged, it means with her eyes, and if her teeth are damaged, it means with her teeth. In this worldly expression, there was something called 『Dongbosangbeop』. It is also called 『Dongbobobeop』. However, 『Dongbosangbeop』 is not for revenge, but means that the suspect should 『compensate at the same level』 to the victim. However, we should examine the spiritual meaning through the quotation of the Old Testament.

In the Bible, a pregnant woman is also compared to a church. In Revelation 12:1-2, "A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Being pregnant, she cried out in labor and pains to be born."

Nathan means to hand over. "Life for life (tachat), eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, blow for blow." It means to hand over life for life. It said "with life," and the Hebrew word for "with" is tachat. It means in place of. It is a preposition that means to die in place of. Therefore, the life in front means dying in unity with Jesus who died on the cross in our place, and so it symbolizes the compensation of giving eternal life in a spiritual body by being united with Christ.

This is a symbol of eating. The first one means that the Pharisees crucified Jesus and ate him. But the second one means that the saints eat Jesus' blood and flesh. The blood symbolizes the blood that Jesus shed, and eating the flesh symbolizes participating in Christ's resurrection. The first eye closes the physical eye, and the second eye opens the spiritual eye.

Other things can also be expressed in this way.

The fact that a woman with a child gives birth means that the seed of the gospel enters and bears fruit. The fruit is the fruit of the life of resurrection. The pregnant woman, who symbolizes the church, must have gone through many difficulties to bear the present resurrection. If you tell the believers about the present resurrection today, they will criticize and despise you. God says that he will repay such contempt.

The Apostle Paul said in Romans 12:16-19, “Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own eyes. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to doing what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, as much as depends on you, live at peace with all men. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay,’ says the Lord.”

Jesus uses this example from the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament as an analogy and says, "But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well." He is telling us to endure the difficulties that arise as we spread the gospel and to go even further into suffering and tribulation.

To strike the right cheek means to strike the left side of the person facing the striker. To strike the left side, you can only strike with the back of your hand. To strike the left side of the opponent with the back of your right hand is extremely insulting. However, if the person being struck turns his head so that the opponent strikes his left side with the palm of his right hand, it means that he is prepared to be hit even more insultingly. This shows how difficult it is to spread the seed of the gospel.

Isaiah 50:6-7 "I gave my back to the beaters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spit. Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be put to shame; I have made my face like flint; therefore I know that I will not be put to shame." The words of the prophet Isaiah sound like words to the saints. The saints, too, cannot help but go through tremendous hardships and trials in the process of sowing the seeds of the gospel, making them sprout, and bearing fruit. However, they are to actively accept them.

The words in Matthew 5:39, “Do not resist (andistemi) an evil person,” mean to hold on to or establish with the word of truth. Andistemi finds its root in stassa. In Luke 7:36, “And she stood behind him at his feet (stassa) weeping and began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she kissed his feet and poured perfume on them.” The words “do not resist an evil person” mean to establish evil as good.

Evil is the root of sin, and it means the greed to become like God. This is the body of sin that the first man had. That body of sin continued to the body of Jesus. Jesus broke that chain. The body of sin died on the cross. And whoever is united with Him also dies to his body of sin. Romans 6:6 “For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.”

The line signifies the resurrection life of Christ. Those who died with Jesus are born again to new life with the resurrected Christ. Romans 6:4-5 "Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection."