John 7:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘This is why Moses has given you circumcision   #– #not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers   #– #and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now Moses established circumcision among you–though it did not originate with Moses but with the previous patriarchs–and you circumcise a person [even] on the Sabbath day.

American Standard Version (1901)

Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.

Common English Bible

Because Moses gave you the commandment about circumcision (although it wasn’t Moses but the patriarchs), you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.

John 7:22 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 21:4

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Leviticus 12:3

The flesh of his foreskin  must be circumcised  on the eighth day.

Acts 7:8

And so he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised  him on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

Galatians 3:17

My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later,  does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God  and thus cancel the promise.