Since most people favour their right hand, to be struck on the right cheek means that someone has given you a backhanded blow. 1 This was considered to be a great insult. 2 God’s prophets sometimes suffered such treatment (1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chronicles 18:23; Isaiah 50:6) and Jesus would also suffer the same (Matthew 26:67). 3
39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.