therefore gave unto you = for this cause (dia [App-104. Joh_7:2] touto) has given you. circumcision. Moses mentioned the precept only in Exo_12:44, Exo_12:48. Lev_12:3. The Law not given by Moses, but based on Gen_17:9-14.
the fathers. That is, Abraham. on. Greek. en.App-104.