Re: Matthew 5:39  On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, Tom Blake wrote:  > I'm
sorry?  Is there evidence that he did not turn the other cheek?
Yes - it's found in Q... :)  No seriously, I have a hard time
picturing Jesus turning his cheek in the  following passages
(which in fact leads me to think he was being  metaphorical in
Matt. 5:39), but it's up to the reader to decide.  Matt. 26:67;
Mark 14:65; John 18:22-23, 19:3.  In John 18:22-23, Jesus
answers a blow not with an encouragement to a  second blow, but
with a verbal response meant (IMHO) to make the person
responsible reconsider what they have done.  Not that it worked
(which  reminds me of the Aikido thread on soc.religion.quaker)
but I'll pass on  further comment.  Greg Jordan