John 3:14 meaning and explanation
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
John 3:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus, a Pharisee and teacher who came to him at night. Nicodemus has struggled to understand being born again, so Jesus reaches back to a story his visitor knows well: in Numbers 21, Israelites bitten by serpents were healed by looking at a bronze serpent raised on a pole.
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