The Extra Mile (disambiguation)

The expression "the extra mile" refers to acts of service for others that go beyond what is required or expected. The expression probably comes from the Bible, when Jesus declares in his Sermon on the Mount, "Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two." (Matthew 5:41, (NASB))

The verse is a reference to the practice of "impressment"[1] which, among other things, allowed a Roman soldier to conscript a Jewish native to carry his equipment for one Roman mile (milion = 1,000 paces, about 1,611 yards or 1,473 metres)[2]—no easy task considering a Roman soldier's backpack could weigh upwards of 100 pounds (45.4 kg). The editors of the New Oxford Annotated Study Bible have suggested that going the second mile would perhaps spare another from such compulsion.

"The Extra Mile" or "Extra Mile" may refer to

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References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, S.. (1976). Requisitioned Transport in the Roman Empire: A New Inscription from Pisidia. The Journal of Roman Studies, 66, 106–131.
  2. ↑ Brink, L.. (2014). Soldiers in Luke-Acts: Engaging, Contradicting and Transcending the Stereotypes, 5, footnote 12.
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