Reference: Cheek
Easton
Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; La 3:30; Mic 5:1). The admonition (Lu 6:29), "Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other," means simply, "Resist not evil" (Mt 5:39; 1Pe 2:19-23). Ps 3:7 = that God had deprived his enemies of the power of doing him injury.
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"They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.
Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach.
"Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek.
"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
"Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.
Hastings
The seat of health and beauty (Song 1:10; 5:13). To be smitten on the cheek was the climax of insult and violence. That the command in Mt 5:39 is not to be interpreted literally is shown by Christ's own protest in Joh 18:23.
C. W. Emmet
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"Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads."
"His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh.
"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"