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John 7:22 KJV
John · chapter 7 · verse 22
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 · King James Version
John 7:22 in context
20The 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?
24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- circumcisionperitomēcircumcised, the act or rite of circumcision, " they of the circumcision" is a…G4061 →
- circumciseperitemnōto cut around, to circumcise, cut off one's prepuce , to get one's self circumcised…G4059 →
- MosesmōysēsMoses = "drawing out", the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the…G3475 →
- gavedidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- daysabbatonthe seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were…G4521 →
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Here is, I. Christ's public preaching in the temple (Joh 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught, according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-36