What Does Matthew 5:39 Mean?

“I”

i, me

“But”

but, and, etc

“say”

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an

“unto you”

to (with or by) you

“not”

(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether

“That ye resist”

to stand against, i.e., oppose

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“evil”

hurtful, i.e., evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from g2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from g455

“but”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

“whosoever”

which some, i.e., any that; also (definite) which same

“thee”

thee

“shall smite”

to slap

“on”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“right”

the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)

“thy”

of thee, thy

“cheek”

the jaw-bone, i.e., (by implication) the cheek or side of the face

“turn”

to twist, i.e., turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively)

“to him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the other”

"else," i.e., different (in many applications)