Joh 7:22-24 | TNotes | STEP | 7:22 The law required circumcision on the eighth day (Lev 12:3 ) and permitted a boy to be circumcised even if that day fell on the Sabbath . Jesus argued as a rabbi would, from “the lesser to the greater,” using circumcision as a precedent for healing, both of which are religious works.

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‏ John 7:22-24

7:22 ^a The law required circumcision on the eighth day (Lev 12:3 ^b) and permitted a boy to be circumcised even if that day fell on the Sabbath. Jesus argued as a rabbi would, from “the lesser to the greater,” using circumcision as a precedent for healing, both of which are religious works.