What does Jesus mean when he says: "do not resist an evil person, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you?" He is not saying that we should be passive and just take more abuse. He means something else which invites us to transcend both passivity and violence.

George from Matthew 5:38-48 teaches us that Jesus offers us something surprising in these passages - a creative, healing, subversive, and redemptive way forward - bringing us to admire Jesus even more.