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 — Jesus appeals to the practice of circumcision, commanded by Moses but actually traceable to the patriarchs. The point is that circumcision, a sign of the covenant, is performed even on the Sabbath, overriding the Sabbath prohibition when a commandment requires it. Jesus uses this to justify his own violation of Sabbath rest in healing: if the circumcision of the flesh is permitted, how much more the healing and restoration of the whole body?

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