John 7:22
Good News Translation
Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.

New Revised Standard Version
Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.

Contemporary English Version
Moses commanded you to circumcise your sons. But it wasn't really Moses who gave you this command. It was your ancestors, and even on the Sabbath you circumcise your sons

New American Bible
because of it. Moses gave you circumcision—not that it came from Moses but rather from the patriarchs—and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.

circumcision.

Genesis 17:10-14 This is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male-kind of you shall be circumcised. . . .

Leviticus 12:3 And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

Romans 4:9-11 This blessedness then, doth it remain in the circumcision only or in the uncircumcision also? For we say that unto Abraham faith was reputed to justice. . . .

Galatians 3:17 Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no effect.

Context
Jesus Teaches at the Feast
21Jesus answered and said to them: One work I have done: and you all wonder. 22Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man. 23If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken: are you angry at me, because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?…
Cross References
Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male-kind of you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 21:4
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,

Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

Acts 7:8
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

John 7:21
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