1. The Nonviolence of JESUS Matthew 5: 38-41
Interpreted by Walter Wink

2. Which way forward? Fight ? Flight ? Active Nonviolence Third way of
Revenge
Armed revolt
Direct retaliation
Violent rebellion
Flight ?
Submission
Passivity
Withdrawal
Surrender
Do not repay evil with evil
Expose the injustice of a system and change it…
Challenge the status quo..
Assert own humanity/dignity
Break cycles of humiliation
Willing to suffer rather than retaliate with violence
Active Nonviolence
Third way of
Jesus

3. do not resist one who is evil.
You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
But I say to you,
do not resist one who is evil.
If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;
and if anyone would sue you and take your coat,
let him have your cloak as well;
and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

4. If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also…

5. "Try this one too!"

6. let him have your tunic as well
If anyone would sue you and take your cloak

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

9. illustrations by David Rumsey
A full explanation can be found in Walter Wink’s books:
Engaging the Powers, Fortress Press, 1992
and
Jesus and Nonviolence: a third way, Fortress Press, 2003
illustrations by David Rumsey