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NASB | John 3:14 "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:14 "Just as Moses lifted up the [bronze] serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], [Num 21:9] |
Subject: Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus |
Bible Note: To properly understand John 3:15-16, Joh 3:15 that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Go to the example that Jesus used in it's immediate context: Joh 3:14 And even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, And this will show both the purpose and scope of Jesus' death: Num 21:8 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Make yourself a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that when anyone is bitten, when he sees it, he shall live. Num 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on a pole; and it happened, if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived. This is for anyone. To say that the "world" equals "the elect" it to impose a doctrine on a passage in direct conflict with the specific example Jesus used to illustrate His point. Pink begins with the idea that Jesus did not die for every person, rather than beginning with the idea that the example of the brass serpent is to determine how we understand this passage. |