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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People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.
But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel's ruler on the side of his face.
But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.
To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic 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 beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.
His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.
But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.
Jesus replied, "If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?"