John 7:22

Good News Translation

Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.

Cross References

Genesis 21:4

and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded.

Leviticus 12:3

On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

Acts 7:8

Then God gave to Abraham the ceremony of circumcision as a sign of the covenant. So Abraham circumcised Isaac a week after he was born; Isaac circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob circumcised his twelve sons, the famous ancestors of our race.

Galatians 3:17

What I mean is that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised to keep it. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, cannot break that covenant and cancel God's promise.