John 7:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

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  • Lev 12:3 : 3 And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  • Gen 17:10-14 : 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. 13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
  • Rom 4:9-9 : 9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

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  • John 7:23-24
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    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • 19Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?

  • 21Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and you all marvel.

  • 73%

    18Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

    19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

  • Gen 17:10-14
    5 verses
    73%

    10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

    11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

    12And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.

    13He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

    14And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

  • Rom 2:25-29
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    72%

    25For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • 3And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • 8And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

  • 13For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

  • 2And some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?

  • 21For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.

  • 1And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.

  • 7They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?

  • 22Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do any work, but hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

  • 7And their children, whom He raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

  • 11In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  • 24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • 5But there arose certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

  • 10The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.'

  • 32Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

  • 21And they are informed about you, that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the customs.

  • Josh 5:4-5
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    4And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised: All the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

    5Now all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    51You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

    52Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,

  • 27And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

  • 23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.

  • Mark 7:11-12
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    11But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free.

    12And you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

  • 9And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

  • 22And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

  • 14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days on which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

  • 26So he let him go, then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.

  • 44But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

  • 12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

  • 22Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.