Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
He therefore made some concession, as was necessary, for a time; and this was the reason why he had Timothy circumcised.
(conversion to) the faith, he would have done (it), just as (he did) the other (actions) which he did adversely to the (strict) letter of his own rule, to suit the circumstances. of the times: circumcising Timotheus
