He removed the high places, broke down the pillars, and cut down the sacred pole. He broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it; it was called Nehushtan.
John 3:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], [Num. 21:9.] American Standard Version (1901) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; Common English Bible Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so must the Human One be lifted up Catholic Public Domain Version And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: |
He removed the high places, broke down the pillars, and cut down the sacred pole. He broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it; it was called Nehushtan.
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they bound my hands and feet.
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?”
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him.
(This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.)
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me.
this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.