John 5:9
Context5:9 Immediately the man was healed, 1 and he picked up his mat 2 and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) 3
John 7:22
Context7:22 However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision 4 (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child 5 on the Sabbath.


[5:9] 2 tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.
[5:9] 3 tn Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.”
[7:22] 4 tn Grk “gave you circumcision.”
[7:22] 5 tn 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.