John 3:14

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

In Context

13And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

15that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:7And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

Matthew 26:54How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?

Luke 24:20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to [the] judgment of death and crucified him.

Luke 24:44And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

John 12:32and I, if I be lifted up out of the earth, will draw all to me.

Matthew Henry on John 3:2-22

Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time… Read the whole commentary →

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