TURN THE OTHER CHEEKThe examples that follow confirm this reading.

TURN THE OTHER CHEEKThe examples th

TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
The examples that follow confirm this reading. "If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other
also" (Matt. 5:39b). You are probably imagining a blow with the right fist. But such a blow would fall on the left
cheek. To hit the right cheek with a fist would require the left hand. But the left hand could be used only for
unclean tasks; at Qumran, a Jewish religious community of Jesus' day, to gesture with the left hand meant
exclusion from the meeting and penance for ten days. To grasp this you must physically try it: how would you
hit the other's right cheek with your right hand? If you have tried it, you will know: the only feasible blow is a
backhand.
The backhand was not a blow to injure, but to insult, humiliate, degrade. It was not administered to an
equal, but to an inferior. Masters backhanded slaves; husbands, wives; parents, children; Romans, Jews. The
whole point of the blow was to force someone who was out of line back into place.
Notice Jesus' audience: "If anyone strikes you." These are people used to being thus degraded. He is saying
to them, "Re-fuse to accept this kind of treatment anymore. If they backhand you, turn the other cheek." (Now
you really need to physically enact this to see the problem.) By turning the cheek, the servant makes it
impossible for the master to use the backhand again: his nose is in the way. And anyway, it's like telling a joke
twice; if it didn't work the first time, it simply won't work. The left cheek now offers a perfect target for a blow
with the right fist; but only equals fought with fists, as we know from Jewish sources, and the last thing the
master wishes to do is to establish this underling's equality. This act of defiance renders the master incapable
of asserting his dominance in this relationship. He can have the slave beaten, but he can no longer cow him.
By turning the cheek, then, the "inferior" is saying: "I'm a human being, just like you. I refuse to be humiliated
any longer. I am your equal. I am a child of God. I won't take it anymore."
Such defiance is no way to avoid trouble. Meek acquiescence is what the master wants. Such "cheeky"
behavior may call down a flogging, or worse. But the point has been made. The Powers That Be have lost
their power to make people submit. And when large numbers begin behaving thus (and Jesus was addressing
a crowd), you have a social revolution on your hands.
In that world of honor and shaming, the "superior" has been rendered impotent to instill shame in a
subordinate. He has been stripped of his power to dehumanize the other. As Gandhi taught, "The first principle
of nonviolent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating."
How different this is from the usual view that this passage teaches us to turn the other cheek so our
batterer can simply clobber us again! How often that interpretation has been fed to battered wives and
children. And it was never what Jesus intended in the least. To such victims he advises, "Stand up for
yourselves, defy your masters, assert your humanity; but don't answer the oppressor in kind. Find a new, third
way that is neither cowardly submission nor violent reprisal.
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TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
The examples that follow confirm this reading. "If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other
also" (Matt. 5:39b). You are probably imagining a blow with the right fist. But such a blow would fall on the left
cheek. To hit the right cheek with a fist would require the left hand. But the left hand could be used only for
unclean tasks; at Qumran, a Jewish religious community of Jesus' day, to gesture with the left hand meant
exclusion from the meeting and penance for ten days. To grasp this you must physically try it: how would you
hit the other's right cheek with your right hand? If you have tried it, you will know: the only feasible blow is a
backhand.
The backhand was not a blow to injure, but to insult, humiliate, degrade. It was not administered to an
equal, but to an inferior. Masters backhanded slaves; husbands, wives; parents, children; Romans, Jews. The
whole point of the blow was to force someone who was out of line back into place.
Notice Jesus' audience: "If anyone strikes you." These are people used to being thus degraded. He is saying
to them, "Re-fuse to accept this kind of treatment anymore. If they backhand you, turn the other cheek." (Now
you really need to physically enact this to see the problem.) By turning the cheek, the servant makes it
impossible for the master to use the backhand again: his nose is in the way. And anyway, it's like telling a joke
twice; if it didn't work the first time, it simply won't work. The left cheek now offers a perfect target for a blow
with the right fist; but only equals fought with fists, as we know from Jewish sources, and the last thing the
master wishes to do is to establish this underling's equality. This act of defiance renders the master incapable
of asserting his dominance in this relationship. He can have the slave beaten, but he can no longer cow him.
By turning the cheek, then, the "inferior" is saying: "I'm a human being, just like you. I refuse to be humiliated
any longer. I am your equal. I am a child of God. I won't take it anymore."
Such defiance is no way to avoid trouble. Meek acquiescence is what the master wants. Such "cheeky"
behavior may call down a flogging, or worse. But the point has been made. The Powers That Be have lost
their power to make people submit. And when large numbers begin behaving thus (and Jesus was addressing
a crowd), you have a social revolution on your hands.
In that world of honor and shaming, the "superior" has been rendered impotent to instill shame in a
subordinate. He has been stripped of his power to dehumanize the other. As Gandhi taught, "The first principle
of nonviolent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating."
How different this is from the usual view that this passage teaches us to turn the other cheek so our
batterer can simply clobber us again! How often that interpretation has been fed to battered wives and
children. And it was never what Jesus intended in the least. To such victims he advises, "Stand up for
yourselves, defy your masters, assert your humanity; but don't answer the oppressor in kind. Find a new, third
way that is neither cowardly submission nor violent reprisal.
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Pipi yang lain
Contoh yang mengikuti mengkonfirmasi membaca ini. "Jika orang menampar pipi kanan, belok yang lain
juga "(Matius 5:. 39b). Anda mungkin membayangkan pukulan dengan tinju kanan. Tapi pukulan seperti itu akan jatuh di sebelah kiri
pipi. Untuk memukul pipi kanan dengan kepalan akan membutuhkan tangan kiri. Tapi tangan kiri dapat digunakan hanya untuk
tugas-tugas yang najis; di Qumran, sebuah komunitas agama Yahudi pada zaman Yesus, isyarat dengan tangan kiri berarti
pengecualian dari pertemuan dan penebusan dosa selama sepuluh hari. Untuk memahami ini, Anda secara fisik harus mencobanya: bagaimana Anda akan
memukul pipi kanan yang lain dengan tangan kanan Anda? Jika Anda telah mencoba, Anda akan tahu: satu-satunya pukulan layak adalah
backhand.
backhand itu tidak pukulan untuk melukai, tapi untuk menghina, mempermalukan, merendahkan. Itu tidak diberikan ke
sama, tetapi ke rendah. Masters backhanded budak; suami, istri; orang tua, anak-anak; Romawi, Yahudi. The
Inti dari pukulan itu untuk memaksa seseorang yang keluar dari barisan kembali ke tempatnya.
Perhatikan penonton Yesus: ". Jika orang menampar" Ini adalah orang-orang terbiasa dengan demikian terdegradasi. Dia berkata
kepada mereka, "Re-sekering untuk menerima perlakuan semacam ini lagi. Jika mereka backhand Anda, memberikan pipi yang lain." (Sekarang
. Anda benar-benar perlu secara fisik memberlakukan ini untuk melihat masalah) Dengan memutar pipi, hamba membuatnya
mungkin bagi guru untuk menggunakan backhand lagi: hidungnya berada di jalan. Lagi pula, itu seperti menceritakan lelucon
dua kali; jika tidak bekerja pertama kalinya, itu hanya tidak akan bekerja. Pipi kiri sekarang menawarkan target yang sempurna untuk pukulan
dengan tinju kanan; tetapi hanya sederajat berjuang dengan tinju, seperti yang kita tahu dari sumber-sumber Yahudi, dan hal terakhir yang
menguasai ingin lakukan adalah untuk menetapkan kesetaraan ini bawahan ini. Ini tindakan pembangkangan membuat master mampu
untuk menyatakan dominasinya dalam hubungan ini. . Dia dapat memiliki budak dipukuli, tetapi dia tidak bisa lagi sapi dia
Dengan memutar pipi, saat itu, "rendah" adalah mengatakan:. "Aku manusia, sama seperti Anda saya menolak untuk dipermalukan
. lagi aku am sama Anda. Saya seorang anak Allah. Aku tidak akan tahan lagi. "
pembangkangan tersebut ada cara untuk menghindari masalah. Persetujuan lemah lembut adalah apa yang guru inginkan. Seperti "nakal"
perilaku dapat menelepon ke bawah sebuah cambuk, atau lebih buruk. Tetapi intinya telah dibuat. Kekuatan yang akan telah kehilangan
kekuasaan mereka untuk membuat orang klik. Dan ketika jumlah besar mulai berperilaku demikian (dan Yesus menangani
orang banyak), Anda memiliki revolusi sosial di tangan Anda.
Dalam dunia kehormatan dan mempermalukan, "superior" telah diberikan impoten untuk menanamkan rasa malu dalam
bawahan. Dia telah dilucuti kekuasaannya untuk merendahkan yang lain. Seperti Gandhi mengajarkan, "Prinsip pertama
dari aksi non-kekerasan adalah bahwa non-kerjasama dengan segala sesuatu yang memalukan. "
Betapa berbedanya ini dari pandangan biasa yang bagian ini mengajarkan kita untuk memberikan pipi yang lain sehingga kami
batterer hanya bisa mengkritik kita lagi! Seberapa sering penafsiran yang telah diberikan kepada istri yang dipukuli dan
anak-anak. Dan itu tidak pernah apa yang Yesus dimaksudkan sedikit. Untuk korban seperti dia menyarankan, "Berdirilah untuk
dirimu, menentang master Anda, menegaskan kemanusiaan Anda, tetapi tidak menjawab penindas dalam bentuk Cari baru, ketiga.
cara yang baik pengajuan pengecut atau pembalasan kekerasan.
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