John 7:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

Moses gave you circumcisionnot that it comes from Moses, but from the fathersand even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

Cross References

Genesis 21:4

And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.

Leviticus 12:3

And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.

Acts 7:8

And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

Galatians 3:17

Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.