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For this cause (dia touto). Some would take this phrase with the preceding verb thaumazete (ye marvel for this cause).
Hath given (dedōken). Present active indicative of didōmi (permanent state).
Not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers (ouch hoti ek tou Mōuseōs estin all' ek tōn paterōn). A parenthesis to explain that circumcision is older in origin than Moses.
And on the sabbath ye circumcise (kai en sabbatōi peritemnete). Adversative use of kai = and yet as in Joh 7:19. That is to say, the Jews keep one law (circumcision) by violating another (on the Sabbath, the charge against him in chapter 5, healing on the Sabbath).