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Joh 7:22. Διὰ τοῦτο, on this account) This is presently after explained by the οὐχ ὀτι, to wit, not because: Comp. ch. Joh 8:47 [Ye therefore hear not-God’s words-because ye are not of God; διὰ τοῦτο-ὅτι]; Joh 10:17, “Therefore doth My Father love Me, because.” A similar expression occurs, Mar 12:24, “Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures,” when the force of the particle ὅτι is hidden in the participle [μὴ εἰδότες].-δέδωκεν, gave) Gen 17:10; circumcision given as seal of the covenant between God and Abraham]. Exo 12:44, “Every man’s servant-when thou hast circumcised him, shall eat of the passover. Lev 12:3, “In the eighth day the flesh of the foreskin-of every man-child, shall be circumcised].-οὐχ ὅτί, not because) By this clause the dignity of circumcision is exalted, in respect to the Sabbath, than which it is older and therefore entitled to take the precedence.[183]
[183] i.e. Than the Jewish Sabbath; but the primitive Sabbath was instituted in Paradise, and is therefore ages older than circumcision.-E. and T.