Matthew 5:38 Douay-Rheims

You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

(Hom. xviii.) The word here used signifies to drag unjustly, without cause, and with insult.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:38-42

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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