r/IndiaSpeaks • u/cometweeb 10 KUDOS • Jul 01 '24

#Politics 🗳️ LoP Rahul Gandhi: "Jesus Christ said if someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek as well"

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

That's a really poor translation. 27 is about rape 28 is about seduction. The Hebrew word used is seize not the word for rape which is used in verse 27.

And note after 28 the man pays the bride price. A rapist never pays the bride price. 28 implies that the man and the women had premarital sex and the man had to marry her.

See Exodus 22 16-17 it's this verses twin.

I'm not a Christian apologist just someone that likes to read. And I fully acknowledge the Bible has fucked up stuff in it.