23 If a man on the Sabbath receive circumcision, that the [a]Law of Moses should not be broken, be ye angry with me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

24 (A)[b]Judge not [c]according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

25 [d]Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they go about to kill?

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:23 That is to say, if the law of circumcision which Moses gave, be of so great accompt amongst you, that you doubt not to circumcise upon the Sabbath, do you rightly reprove me for healing a man thoroughly?
  2. John 7:24 We must judge according to the truth of things, lest the persons of men do turn us and carry us away.
  3. John 7:24 By the show that I make: for I seem to be but an abject and rascal of Galilee, and a carpenter’s son, whom no man maketh account of: but mark the matter itself well, and judge the tree by the fruit.
  4. John 7:25 Many do marvel that the endeavors of the enemies of God have no success: yet in the mean season they do not acknowledge the virtue and power of God.

23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(A)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(B)

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