John 3:14 KJV — MannaFest

John 3:14

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

YLT

`And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,

DBT

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

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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The Bronze SerpentAs Moses lifted up the serpent... even so must the Son of man be lifted up.

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34 verses on the floor

Numbers 21:7–9
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
John 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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(2.) As one that is justly condemned to die for an unpardonable crime is a dead man, he is dead in law; and, in reference to this part of our danger, Christ came to save as a prince or judge, publishing an act of indemnity, or general pardon, under certain provisos; this saving here is opposed to condemning,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Yet was the warrant in both cases to expect a cure equally rational and well grounded. As the serpent was God's ordinance for the cure of every bitten Israelite, so is Christ for the salvation of every perishing sinner--the one however a purely arbitrary ordinance, the other divinely adapted to man's complicated maladies.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

15 ), that Jesus Christ came to seek and to save the children of men from death, and recover them to life. Now sinners are dead men upon a twofold account:-- (1.) As one that is mortally wounded, or sick of an incurable disease, is said to be a dead man, for he is dying; and so Christ came to save us, by healing us, as the brazen serpent healed the Israelites,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Allusion Numbers 21:9
NT-warranted type read as echo; A/V/R/TC/HP/HI/S all high.
Beale-Carson (CNTUOT, cite-only); lens 03
Typology Numbers 21:9
'As Moses lifted up the serpent... so must the Son of Man be lifted up.' Looking healed the body; believing gives eternal life.
John 3:14-15 (NT states the type); lens 21-typology
Object Typology Numbers 21:9
One object across the canon - made (Num 21) and fulfilled (John 3:14); image-anchored by a PD engraving.
presentation-plan p.2 + biblical text; lens 55

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