Compare 2 Enoch 50:4 and Matthew 5:39

"... 'But I say to you, do not retaliate against the evil one.' If the Matthean Jesus here is following the same practice as before, this statement must be understood as his interpretation of the divine intent behind the lex talionis. The true intent of the principle, he says, was to limit revenge. Tertullian (Marc. 4.16) says this very thing about the lex talionis. So if God's intent was to limit revenge, then that intent is realized best through non-retaliation, not the literal application of the principle of an eye for an eye in personal relations. The issue in the fifth antithesis, therefore, is how to understand the lex talionis properly. Several details need attention. First, the verb antistenai in the passive means 'to resist' and in the active 'to retaliate.' The context makes clear that here it means 'do not render evil for evil.' The 'do not resist' of the NRSV should, therefore, be translated 'do not retaliate against.' Second, non-retaliation was part of the Jewish tradition and could also be found also among some pagans. Jewish evidence includes Exodus 23:4-5; Leviticus 19:18; Proverbs 20:22; 24:29; 1QS 10.17-20; Joseph & Aseneth 23:9; b. Shabbat 88b; 2 Enoch 50:3-4 - 'And every assault and every wound and burn and every evil word, if they happen to you on account of the Lord, endure them; and being able to pay them back, do not repay them to your neighbor, because it is the Lord who repays, and he will be the avenger for you on the day of the great judgment.' ..."