‏ John 7:21-22

21Jesus replied, ▼
▼tn Grk “Jesus answered and said to them.”
“I performed one miracle ▼
▼tn Grk “I did one deed.”
and you are all amazed. ▼
▼sn The “one miracle” that caused them all to be amazed was the last previous public miracle in Jerusalem recorded by the author, the healing of the paralyzed man in John 5:1-9 on the Sabbath. (The synoptic gospels record other Sabbath healings, but John does not mention them.)
22However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision ▼
▼tn Grk “gave you circumcision.”
(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child ▼
▼tn Grk “a man.” While the text literally reads “circumcise a man” in actual fact the practice of circumcising male infants on the eighth day after birth (see Phil 3:5) is primarily what is in view here.
on the Sabbath.
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