SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #111
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting." (John 3:14-15)
DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS: Our Lord has revealed to us the chief truths of the Christian religion.
3. THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up." Jesus therefore knew definitely from the beginning that He would die on the Cross; and His bitter Passion and Death were ever before Him! To offer Himself on the Cross was the object of His Incarnation!
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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