Luke 6:29

And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And unto him that smiteth	τύπτοντί tuptonti	G5180	to "thump" · verb — present active participle, dative singular masculine
thee	σέ sé	G4571	thee
on	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
the	σιαγόνα, siagona	G4600	the jaw-bone · noun — accusative singular feminine
cheek	σιαγών siagṓn	G4600	the jaw-bone
offer	πάρεχε pareche	G3930	to hold near · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the other	ἄλλην· allēn	G243	"else · adjective — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
him	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
that taketh away	αἴροντός airontos	G142	to lift up · verb — present active participle, genitive singular masculine
thy	σοῦ soû	G4675	of thee
cloke	ἱμάτιον himation	G2440	a dress (inner or outer) · noun — accusative singular neuter
forbid	κωλύσῃς.¶ kōlusēs	G2967	to estop · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
coat	χιτῶνα chitōna	G5509	a tunic or shirt · noun — accusative singular masculine
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Hebrews 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better…
Matthew 5:39-42 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
2 Corinthians 11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the…
Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Matthew 26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
John 18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high prie…
1 Corinthians 6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rath…
Lamentations 3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:27-36

These verses agree with Mat 5:38, to the end of that chapter: I say unto you that hear (Luk 6:27), to all you that hear, and not to disciples only, for these are lessons of universal concern. He that has an ear, let him hear. Those that diligently hearken to Christ shall find he has something to say to them well worth their hearing. Now the lessons Christ here teacheth us are, I. That we must render to all their due, and be honest and just in all our dealings (Luk 6:31): As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise; for this is loving your neighbour as yourselves. What we should expect, in reason, to be done to us, either in justice or charity, by others, if they were i…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:27

(See on Mat 5:44-48; Mat 7:12; and Mat 14:12-14.)

Adam Clarke on Luke 6:29

Thy cloak - thy coat - In Mat 5:40, I have said that Coat, χιτωνα, signifies under garment, or strait coat; and Cloak, ἱματιον, means upper garment, or great coat. This interpretation is confirmed by the following observations of Bishop Pearce. The χιτων was a tunica, or vestcoat, over which the Jews and other nations threw an outer coat, or gown, called a cloak, Mat 5:40, (which is meant by ἱματιον), when they went abroad, or were not at work. Hence the common people at Rome, who did not usually wear, or had no right to wear, the toga, are called by Horace tunicatus popellus, Epist. i. 7, 65. This account of the difference between the χιτων and the ἱματιον appears plainly from what Maxim…

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John Gill on Luke 6:29

And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek,.... The right cheek, offer also the other; the left cheek, by turning it to him, that he may smite that likewise, if he thinks fit: by which proverbial expression, Christ teaches patience in bearing injuries and affronts, and not to seek private revenge; but rather, suffer more, than indulge such a temper; and for the same purpose is what follows urged: and him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also: the phrase is inverted in Matthew; See Gill on Matthew 5:39. See Gill on Matthew 5:40.

The Church Fathers

And from one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. What has been said about the cloak and tunic is not just about these, but should apply to all things which we say are temporarily ours by some right. For if this has been commanded about necessities, how much more fitting it is to disdain superfluities.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

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? How shall we fashion to us friends from mammon, if we love it so much as not to put up with its loss? We shall perish together with the lost mammon.
— Tertullian, Of Patience

"If any one gives thee a stroke on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Not that revenge is evil, but that patience is more honourable. For David says, "If I have made returns to them that repaid me evil." "If any one compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." And, "He that will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also."
— Apostolic Constitutions, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book 7

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Cheek — Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30; Micah 5:1). The admonition (Luke 6:29), “Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other,”…
Cloak — An upper garment, “an exterior tunic, wide and long, reaching to the ankles, but without sleeves” (Isa. 59:17). The word so rendered is elsewhere rendered “robe” or “mantle.” It was worn by the high…
Sermon on the mount — After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to the west of the Lake of Galilee (Luke 6:12), on the following morning our Lord called to him his disciples, and…
Dress · Sleeveless shirt, — Sleeveless shirt,
Enemy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Forgiveness · OF ENEMIES — OF ENEMIES
Garments · Mentioned in scripture: Burnouse or cloak — Mentioned in scripture: Burnouse or cloak
Good For Evil · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Meekness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Sermon · Of Jesus, “on the plain,” — Of Jesus, “on the plain,”

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 6:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:27-36

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:27

Adam Clarke on Luke 6:29

John Gill on Luke 6:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 6:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:27-36

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:27

Adam Clarke on Luke 6:29

John Gill on Luke 6:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 6:29-30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 6:27