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Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
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Commentators explain that Jesus masterfully uses the Jews' own practices to expose their hypocrisy. They would perform the work of circumcision on the Sabbath to obey one law, yet they condemned Jesus for performing a work of healing on the Sabbath. He uses their own actions to show their inconsistent and flawed judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision. Moses commanded you to circumcise your children (Leviticus 12:3). The word "theref…
For this cause (δια τουτο). Some would take this phrase with the preceding verb θαυμαζετε (ye marvel for this cause).
19th Century
Anglican
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision.—Some manuscripts, and many editors, place the “therefore,” or, on this ac…
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Baptist
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16th Century
Protestant
Therefore Moses gave you circumcision. The particle therefore appears to be unsuitable; and, accordingly, some take διὰ τοῦτο (
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision The command of circumcision, which he renewed and established, ([Referenc…
Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own discovery, but is from God's word, through the teaching of His…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Evangelist mentioned how our Lord’s relatives urged him to go to Judea, he also tells us what Christ replied to them. He then t…
