12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.

• Num 21:8 · paraphrase
  "And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live."
  Moses' bronze serpent paraphrased as typological lifting up
• Isa 52:13 · allusion
  "Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high."
  Isaiah: my servant shall be lifted up — Jesus on being lifted up

• Messianic Promise
• Redemption
• Suffering Servant

• Brazen serpent as type of Christ

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 2Kgs 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it
• Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
• Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
• Acts 10:43 — To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
• Eph 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• Eph 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
• Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
• John 4:42 — And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
• John 8:28 — Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
• John 8:28 — Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
• John 12:32 — And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
• John 12:32 — And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
• John 12:34 — The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
• John 18:32 — That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
• Luke 6:19 — And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
• Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
• Luke 23:33 — And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
• Luke 24:20 — And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
• Luke 24:26 — Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
• Matt 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
• Matt 26:54 — But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
• Num 21:7 — Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for th
• Num 21:8 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
• Num 21:9 — And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
• Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Rom 3:21 — But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
• Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: