John 7:22 · KJV
“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.”
— John 7:22
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? {that...: or, without breaking the law of Moses}
John 7 — Context
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? {that...: or, without breaking the law of Moses}
24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Cross References
Leviticus 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Genesis 17:10-14
This {is} my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
Romans 4:9-11
{Cometh} this blessedness then upon the circumcision {only}, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Galatians 3:17
And this I say, {that} the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.