Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
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Gill's Exposition
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision,.... As it was certain in many instances he did:
that the law of Moses might not be broken; either the law concerning circumcision, which confirmed…
Barnes' Notes
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision - Moses commanded you to circumcise your children, Lev 12:3. The word “therefore” in this place - literally “on account of this” - means, “Moses on this…
Adam Clarke
But of the fathers - That is, it came from the patriarchs. Circumcision was not, properly speaking, one of the laws of the Mosaic institution, it having been given at first to Abraham, and continued…
Here is, I. Christ's public preaching in the temple (Joh 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught, according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the…
Cambridge Bible
Moses therefore gave Better, For this cause (Joh 12:18; Joh 12:27) Moses hath given. Comp. Joh 8:47.
of Moses … of the fathers -Originating with Moses … originating with the fathers." Circumcision…
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