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Post by fortharris on Dec 18, 2019 14:55:14 GMT
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Post by joustos on Dec 18, 2019 17:11:21 GMT
The origin of this proverb comes from the Latin "qui glaudio ferit glaudio perit"[literally: he who wounds [harms] by the sword perishes by the sword]. Supposedly it is based on a verse of St. Matthew's Gospel, but I have not checked this out. Anyway the metaphorical or generic translation you give seems to be appropriate. Yet it is not clear whether the proverb is an injunction against killing, or a statement of a factual consequence of killing (in the Stoic style of speaking: If you kill, then expect to be killed). For all I know, Jesus was not a Stoic.
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Post by KGrim on Dec 21, 2019 0:18:22 GMT
I read somewhere long time ago that in the Aramaic language that Jesus spoke this proverb a pun is actually involved.
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Post by Elizabeth on Dec 21, 2019 1:01:17 GMT
Yup, that's a fact. Jesus was such a pacifist and never told us to arm ourselves. Hunting is fine of course if it's used on animals. Jesus ate fish a lot...and that requires killing them.
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Post by jonbain on Dec 23, 2019 22:53:38 GMT
Some great quotes here.
don't hear this one from Jesus often enough at all
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