Thematic Bible: The bronze serpent, of Christ

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],

Verse Concepts

ForeknowledgeAtonementSerpentsChrist, Types Of

Prophecies Said By JesusForeknowledge Of ChristIsrael In The WildernessChrist's Crucifixion Foretold

And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze [ attentively, expectantly, with a steady and absorbing gaze], he lived.