John 3:14
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
- KJV
- And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
- WEB
- As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
- ASV
- And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
- DARBY
- And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,
- BLB
- And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up,
- ÅB
- Og slik som Moses opphøyet slangen i ørkenen, slik skal Menneskesønnen opphøyes,
- OTB
- Likesom Moses løftet opp slangen i ørkenen, slik må Menneskesønnen bli opphøyet,
- B1930
- Og likesom Moses ophøiet slangen i ørkenen, således skal Menneskesønnen ophøies,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextJohn 12:32–34
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Read in contextLuke 24:26–27
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Read in contextLuke 24:44–46
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Read in contextPsalms 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Read in context2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Read in contextMatthew 26:54
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
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