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Every Bit Whole

"Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one miracle, and you all marvel. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; and you on the Sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcisions, so that the law of Moses should not be broken; are you angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." John 7:23-24. Every whit whole. In today's English, totally whole, healed.  That just takes my breath away. Jesus had a thing about performing miracles on the Sabbath day. This is the holiest day, a day of resting from our own works, ordained by God under the Old Covenant law. Jesus often healed on this very day.  Everything Jesus did had a purpose, so it is not a coincidence that he chose this day to demonstrate his healing power. He was saying something important. The Sabbath day was a day of rest in which the Israelites could not work. No pu