^7:20The crowd⁴⁷ answered, “You’re possessed by a demon!⁴⁸ Who is trying to kill you?”⁴⁹^7:21Jesus replied,⁵⁰ “I performed one miracle⁵¹ and you are all amazed.⁵²^7:22However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision⁵³ (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child⁵⁴ on the Sabbath. ^7:23But if a male child⁵⁵ is circumcised⁵⁶ on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken,⁵⁷ why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well⁵⁸ on the Sabbath? ^7:24Do not judge according to external appearance,⁵⁹ but judge with proper⁶⁰ judgment.”

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^7:25Then some of the residents of Jerusalem⁶¹ began to say, “Isn’t this the man⁶² they are trying⁶³ to kill?

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Footnotes

45 Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”
46 Grk “seek.”
47 Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in 7:15).
48 Grk “You have a demon!”
49 Grk “Who is seeking to kill you?” Who is trying to kill you? Many of the crowd (if they had come in from surrounding regions for the feast) probably were ignorant of any plot. The plot was on the part of the Jewish leaders. Note how carefully John distinguishes between the leadership and the general populace in their respective responses to Jesus.
50 Grk “Jesus answered and said to them.”
51 Grk “I did one deed.”
52 The “one miracle” that caused them all to be amazed was the last previous public miracle in Jerusalem recorded by the author, the healing of the paralyzed man in John 5:1–9 on the Sabbath. (The synoptic gospels record other Sabbath healings, but John does not mention them.)
53 Grk “gave you circumcision.”
54 Grk “a man.” While the text literally reads “circumcise a man” in actual fact the practice of circumcising male infants on the eighth day after birth (see Phil 3:5) is primarily what is in view here.
55 Grk “a man.” See the note on “male child” in the previous verse.
56 Grk “receives circumcision.”
57 If a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken. The Rabbis counted 248 parts to a man’s body. In the Talmud ( Yoma 85b) R. Eleazar ben Azariah ( a.d. 100) states: “If circumcision, which attaches to one only of the 248 members of the human body, suspends the Sabbath, how much more shall the saving of the whole body suspend the Sabbath?” So absolutely binding did rabbinic Judaism regard the command of Lev 12:3 to circumcise on the eighth day, that in the Shabbat 18.3; 19.1, 2; and Nedarim 3.11 all hold that the command to circumcise overrides the command to observe the Sabbath.
58 Or “made an entire man well.”
59 Or “based on sight.”
60 Or “honest”; Grk “righteous.”
61 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
62 Grk “Is it not this one.”
63 Grk “seeking.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 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? Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

“You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who is trying to kill you?”

“I performed one work, and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. “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. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses won’t be broken, are you angry at me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath? Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

NLTNew Living Translation

Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill me.”

The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed! Who’s trying to kill you?”

Jesus replied, “I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed. 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.) For if the correct time for circumcising your son falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and do it so as not to break the law of Moses. So why should you be angry with me for healing a man on the Sabbath? Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”

Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

The crowd replied, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” Jesus answered and said to them, “I performed one work, and you are all astonished. Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath? Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!”

Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say, “Is this not the one whom they are seeking to kill?

KJV 1900King James Version

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 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. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

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