John 3:14
Good News Translation
As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up,

New Revised Standard Version
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

Contemporary English Version
And the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as the metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert.

New American Bible
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

as.

Numbers 21:7-9 Upon which they came to Moses, and said; We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. . . .

2 Kings 18:4 He destroyed the high places, and broke the statues in pieces, and cut down the groves, and broke the brazen serpent, which Moses had made: for till that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called its name Nohestan.

even.

John 8:28 Jesus therefore said to them: When you shall have lifted up, the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak.

John 12:32-34 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself. . . .

Psalm 22:16 For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.

Matthew 26:54 How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?

Luke 18:31-33 Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man. . . .

Luke 24:20,26,27,44-46 And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him. . . .

Acts 2:23 This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

Acts 4:27,28 For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, . . .

Context
Jesus and Nicodemus
13And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.…
Cross References
Numbers 21:8
And the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live.

Numbers 21:9
Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.

Isaiah 11:10
In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.

Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. [52] If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

John 8:28
Jesus therefore said to them: When you shall have lifted up, the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak.

John 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself.

John 12:34
The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

John 18:32
That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what death he should die.

John 3:13
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