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John 3:14
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John 3:14
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14 Just as[a] Moses lifted up the serpent[b] in the wilderness,[c] so must the Son of Man be lifted up,[d]
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- John 3:14 tn Grk “And just as.”
- John 3:14 sn Or the snake, referring to the bronze serpent mentioned in Num 21:9.
- John 3:14 sn An allusion to Num 21:5-9.
- John 3:14 sn So must the Son of Man be lifted up. This is ultimately a prediction of Jesus’ crucifixion. Nicodemus could not have understood this, but John’s readers, the audience to whom the Gospel is addressed, certainly could have (compare the wording of John 12:32). In John, being lifted up refers to one continuous action of ascent, beginning with the cross but ending at the right hand of the Father. Step 1 is Jesus’ death; step 2 is his resurrection; and step 3 is the ascension back to heaven. It is the upward swing of the “pendulum” which began with the incarnation, the descent of the Word become flesh from heaven to earth (cf. Paul in Phil 2:5-11). See also the note on the title Son of Man in 1:51.
John 12:32
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John 12:32
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32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people[a] to myself.”
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- John 12:32 tn Grk “all.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for stylistic reasons and for clarity (cf. KJV “all men”).
Galatians 3:13
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Galatians 3:13
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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming[a] a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)[b]
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- Galatians 3:13 tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.
- Galatians 3:13 sn A quotation from Deut 21:23. By figurative extension the Greek word translated tree (ζύλον, zulon) can also be used to refer to a cross (L&N 6.28), the Roman instrument of execution.
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