SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:23
Si recibe un hombre la circuncisin en sbado, sin que la ley de Moiss sea quebrantada, ¿os enojis conmigo porque en sbado hice sano del todo a un hombre?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 7:23
Verse 23. Every whit whole] The law of circumcision required the removal of a small portion of flesh, which was considered a blot and reproach among the Hebrews, because it confounded them with the nations who were not in covenant with God. Christ, to this, opposes the complete cure of the infirm man, who was diseased throughout his whole body: if the one was permitted on the Sabbath day, for the reason already alleged, surely the other had stronger reasons to recommend it. Some think that the original words, olon anqrpon, should be translated, the whole man; and that the meaning is, that the blessed saviour made him whole both in body and soul. This makes the miracle the greater, and shows still more forcibly the necessity of doing it without delay.
Battier ap. Wets. supposes that, instead of olon, cwlon should be read-I have made a MAIMED man whole; but there is no countenance for this reading in any of the MSS;, versions, or fathers.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision , etc.] As it was certain in many instances he did: that the law of Moses might not be broken ; either the law concerning circumcision, which confirmed the law given to Abraham, and required it should be on the eighth day, let it fall when it would, even on a sabbath day; and therefore on that day, male children received circumcision, that that law might be kept, and not be broken: or else the law concerning the sabbath; and the sense be, if circumcision was administered on the sabbath day, without breaking the law of Moses, as some render the words, which commanded the observation of the sabbath, are ye angry at me ; and pursue me with so much wrath and bitterness, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day ? or a man that was whole, sound on the sabbath day; who was wholly, or all over disordered, every limb of whom shook with the palsy: or as some think the sense is, he was made every whit whole, both in soul and body; and then the argument is, if it was, no breach of the sabbath to make a wound, and lay a plaster on it, as in circumcision; it would be no violation of it, nor ought any to be offended with it, that Christ should heal a diseased man, who was so in every part of his body, and restore health to his soul likewise and nothing is more common with the Jews than to say, the danger of life, and pn jwqyp , the preservation of the soul, or life, drive away the sabbath f312 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-24 - Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrin is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shal know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to error which will be fatal. Surely it was as agreeable to the design of the sabbath to restore health to the afflicted, as to administer an outwar rite. Jesus told them to decide on his conduct according to the spiritual import of the Divine law. We must not judge concerning any by their outward appearance, but by their worth, and by the gifts an graces of God's Spirit in them.
Greek Textus Receptus
ει 1487 COND περιτομην 4061 N-ASF λαμβανει 2983 5719 V-PAI-3S ανθρωπος 444 N-NSM εν 1722 PREP σαββατω 4521 N-DSN ινα 2443 CONJ μη 3361 PRT-N λυθη 3089 5686 V-APS-3S ο 3588 T-NSM νομος 3551 N-NSM μωσεως 3475 N-GSM εμοι 1698 P-1DS χολατε 5520 5719 V-PAI-2P οτι 3754 CONJ ολον 3650 A-ASM ανθρωπον 444 N-ASM υγιη 5199 A-ASM εποιησα 4160 5656 V-AAI-1S εν 1722 PREP σαββατω 4521 N-DSN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
23. Are ye angry (colate). Only here in the New Testament. From colh, gall. Strictly, the verb means to be full of bile, hence to be melancholy mad.Every whit whole (olon ugih). Strictly, I made a whole man sound, in contrast with the rite of circumcision which affects only a single member, but which, nevertheless, they practice on the Sabbath.
