Matthew 5:40 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:40

if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

KJV

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

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Commentary

1 voice

Tertullian

Of Patience (220)

Else how will one, when he has two coats, give the one of them to the naked, unless he be a man likewise to offer to one who takes away his coat his cloak as well? How shall we fashion to us friends from mammon, if we love it so much as not to put up with its loss? We shall perish together with the lost mammon.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And if any man will sue thee at the law,.... Or "will contend with thee", or as the Syriac renders it, דנדון עמך, "will strive", or "litigate with thee"; not contest the matter, or try the cause in an open court of judicature, a sense our version inclines to; but will wrangle and quarrel in a private way, in order to take away thy coat, by force and violence, let him have thy cloak also; do not forbid, or hinder him from taking it; see Luk 6:

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And if any man will sue thee at the law - Every where our blessed Lord shows the utmost disapprobation of such litigations as tended to destroy brotherly kindness and charity. It is evident he would have his followers to suffer rather the loss of all their property than to have recourse to such modes of redress, at so great a risk. Having the mind averse from contentions, and preferring peace and concord to temporal advantages, is most solemnly recommended to all Christians.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat--the inner garment; in pledge for a debt (Ex 22:26, 27). let him have thy cloak also--the outer and more costly garment. This overcoat was not allowed to be retained over night as a pledge from the poor because they used it for a bed covering.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	to the [one]	G3588 →
θέλοντί	thelonti	willing	G2309 →
σοι	soi	you	G4771 →
κριθῆναι	krithēnai	to sue	G2919 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
χιτῶνά	chitōna	tunic	G5509 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
λαβεῖν,	labein	to take,	G2983 →
ἄφες	aphes	do yield	G863 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἱμάτιον·	himation	cloak;	G2440 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 6:7
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
leads to
- Romans 12:17–19
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Proverbs 20:22
  Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- 1 Peter 2:19–23
  For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Matthew 5:39–41
  But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Through
Luke 6:29
If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
leads to
- Matthew 5:39–42
  But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- Hebrews 10:34
  You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- 2 Corinthians 11:20
  In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.