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Php 3:5. Περιτομὴ ὀκταήμερος,[36] circumcision on the eighth day) These heads [of carnal glorying], counted very briefly as it were on the fingers, render the discourse very plain. Moreover, for the sake of brevity, he puts together the abstract and concrete-circumcision, a Hebrew: as in Col 3:11.-ὀκταήμερος, on the eighth day) not putting it off until full age.-Βενιαμὶν, Benjamin) son of Rachel, not of the maid-servant.-ἐξ Ἑβραίων, of the Hebrews) not a proselyte, and neither the one parent nor the other being of the Gentiles.-Φαρισαῖος, a Pharisee) of the most rigid description [“of the straitest sect,” Act 26:5].
[36] The oldest authorities have περιτομῇ, i.e. Being an eighth day person in respect to my circumcision. So fg Lucif. “circumcisione:” Vulg. “circumcisus octavo die.”-ED.