John 3:15 (WEB)
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Catechism · 1
“Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.
Fathers and councils · 14
Theodoret of Cyrus
“He says: “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.”” — editor's note: John iii. 14, 15
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Whence it is said, “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 everlasting life;” just as by gazing on that serpent which was lifted up in the wilderness, they did not perish by the bites of the serpents.” — editor's note: John iii. 14, 15
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Hippolytus of Rome
“This, he says, is that which has been declared: “In the same manner as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so also must the Son of man be lifted up.”” — editor's note: John iii. 14, 15.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And again: “He that believeth hath everlasting life.”” — editor's note: John iii. 15, 16, 36, v. 24.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Whence in the Gospel the Lord says: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in the Son may have life eternal.”” — editor's note: John iii. 14, 15.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having made mention of the gift of baptism, He proceeds to the. source of it, i. e. the cross: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.
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He introduces the teacher of the Mosaic law, to the spiritual sense of that law; by a passage from the Old Testament history, which was intended to be a figure of His Passion, and of man’s salvation.
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Many dying in the wilderness from the attack of the serpents, Moses, by commandment of the Lord, lifted up a brazen serpent: and those who looked upon it were immediately healed. The lifting up of the serpent is the…
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See then the aptness of the figure. The figure of the serpent has the appearance of the beast, but not its poison: in the same way Christ came in the likeness of sinful flesh, being free from sin. By Christ’s being…
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Wherefore He does not say, ‘The Son of man must be suspended, but lifted up, a more honourable term, but coming near the figure. He uses the figure to shew that the old dispensation is akin to the new, and to shew on…
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As then formerly he who looked to the serpent that was lifted up, was healed of its poison, and saved from death; so now he who is conformed to the likeness of Christ’s death by faith and the grace of baptism, is…
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Observe; He alludes to the Passion obscurely, in consideration to His hearer; but the fruit of the Passion He unfolds plainly; viz. that they who believe in the Crucified One should not perish. And if they who…
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But there is this difference between the figure and the reality, that the one recovered from temporal death, the other from eternal.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.