John 2:25
Context2:25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, 1 for he knew what was in man. 2
John 7:23
Context7:23 But if a male child 3 is circumcised 4 on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, 5 why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well 6 on the Sabbath?


[2:25] 1 tn The masculine form has been retained here in the translation to maintain the connection with “a man of the Pharisees” in 3:1, with the understanding that the reference is to people of both genders.
[2:25] 2 tn See previous note on “man” in this verse.
[7:23] 3 tn Grk “a man.” See the note on “male child” in the previous verse.
[7:23] 4 tn Grk “receives circumcision.”
[7:23] 5 sn 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 (b. Yoma 85b) R. Eleazar ben Azariah (ca.