The retribution might be worse than the crime, perhaps even death (Wikipedia). It characterizes an intermediate state of criminal justice between the vendetta system and the recourse to a judge as an impartial and disinterested third party. This law is often symbolized by the expression Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. It is surmised that in societies not bound by the rule of law, if a person was hurt, then the injured person (or their relative) would take vengeful retribution on the person who caused the injury. The law of retaliation, one of the oldest laws, consists of the reciprocity of crime and punishment. This body was the state in one of its earliest forms. Just as we saw in the two verses above, the need for retaliation is perhaps driven by an inherent human urge.ĭespite having been replaced with newer modes of legal theory, lex talionis systems served a critical purpose in the development of social systems - the establishment of a body whose purpose was to enact the retaliation and ensure that this was the only punishment.
In Matthew 5:38-39, Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. This principle exists until this very day in the legal systems of many countries. You’ve heard it said.but I say to you was a common teaching phrase used by Rabbis to make a point. The retaliatory principle is sometimes referred to using the Latin term ‘lex talionis,’ or the law of talion, a retaliation authorized by law in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury. And apparently this belief or attitude is refered to as being sinister. “Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done back to him” Leviticus 24:20 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth means you hurt my eye and tooth, I equally hurt your eye and tooth. “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, bruise for bruise” Exodus 21:24-25
#AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH MEANING CODE#
Similar to the Code of Hammurabi in the Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, it sets a fixed standard with no room for interpretation.
An eye for an eye, or the “law” of retaliation, is the principle that a person who has injured another person is penalized to a similar degree or in softer interpretations, the victim receives the value of the injury in compensation. This retaliatory law appears in slightly various meanings and limitations.
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