King James Version
John 3:14 in the King James Version says “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:” — study this verse from John chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”
John 3:14 · KJV
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the serpent”
G3789a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially satan
“the wilderness”
G2048lonesome, i.e., (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, g5561 being implied)
“must”
G1163also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
“the Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
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