John 7:22

New Living Translation

But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs, long before the law of Moses.)

Cross References

Genesis 21:4

Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

Leviticus 12:3

On the eighth day the boy’s foreskin must be circumcised.

Acts 7:8

“God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.