I am astounded repeatedly how misunderstood are our own scriptures and how we allow them to be turned against us. When He said turn the other cheek he was saying that after you have been demeaned by the slapping of your right cheek with the back of the hand as one would do a slave, turn the left cheek for a blow from the palm. As one would do to an equal, a challenge to a contest between peers. FORCE THEM TO DEAL WITH YOU AS PEERS EVEN IF IT MEANS A BRIEF HUMILIATION. In the end you win because they will not want to elevate you to peer status but your passive defiance humiliates them. This is the true meaning of turn the other cheek. Not the “be a doormat” for thugs that one hears too often.
Where did you hear that explanation? I’ve never heard that and it doesn’t seem to fit considering the verse prior (Mat 5:38) and verses 40 to the end of the chapter.