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But many patients’ parents said they would have circumcised their sons at birth, rather than later in life, if Medicaid covered the procedure for newborns, according to University of Florida Health pediatric surgeons.

From Scientific American • Jan. 22, 2014

He is said to have circumcised a Galatian half-Jew named Timothy.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner

I say, they would not have circumcised their six hundred thousand warriors, and have laid them open to the attempts and dangers of their enemies.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

Is not Paul said to have circumcised Timothy on account of a greater dispensation?

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint