Matthew 5:41 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:41

and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

KJV

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

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Commentary

1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Matthew (1107)

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him two. "Why should I speak of cloaks and tunics?" the Lord is saying. Give even your body to him who wrongfully compels you, and do more than he wants you to do.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. - αγγαρευσει. This word is said to be derived from the Persians, among whom the king’s messengers, or posts, were called Αγγαποι, or angari. This definition is given both by Hesychius and Suidas. The Persian messengers had the royal authority for pressing horses, ships, and even men, to assist them in the business on which they were employed. These angari are now termed chappars, and serve to carry despatches between the court and the provinces.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the thing here demanded is a readiness to submit to unreasonable demands of whatever kind, rather than raise quarrels, with all the evils resulting from them. What follows is a beautiful extension of this precept.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὅστις	hostis	whoever	G3748 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
ἀγγαρεύσει	angareusei	will compel to go	G29 →
μίλιον	milion	mile	G3400 →
ἕν,	hen	one,	G1520 →
ὕπαγε	hupage	do go	G5217 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	him	G846 →
δύο.	duo	two.	G1417 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
Matthew 27:32
Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
leads to
- Luke 23:26
  As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 6:9
  But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 2:10
  Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 15:21
  Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
- Matthew 16:24
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Through
Luke 23:26
As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
leads to
- Luke 14:27
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 27:32–44
  Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
- Mark 15:21–32
  Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.