While likely in his late teens or early 20 ’ s, the young man Timothy submitted to painful circumcision in order to avoid stumbling Jews to whom he was going to preach.
فَتَمَثُّلًا بِبُولُسَ ،‏ لَمْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُعْثِرَ ٱلْيَهُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَيُبَشِّرُهُمْ .‏