As it is usually read
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הדרך The Way · Beta
Read Scripture
the way they first heard it.
Every passage, read two ways: the traditional interpretation, and how a first-century Jewish disciple would have understood it. Sourced, and rated for how certain we are.
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One verse, two ways of hearing it
Matthew 5:38–39 is usually read one way. A first-century listener would have heard something else.
As a first-century hearer would have understood it
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