Cross references

John 3:14

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

John 3:14 BSB

John 3:14 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 21:7–9 (81 votes) and John 8:28 (38 votes). 30 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Numbers 21 to Ephesians 2.

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Which verses does John 3:14 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” …

  2. John 8:2838 votes

    So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

  3. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. …

  4. Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

  5. Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. …

  6. 2 Kings 18:413 votes

    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

  7. Psalm 22:1613 votes

    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

  8. But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

  9. Acts 2:2312 votes

    He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

  10. Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. …

  11. Luke 24:206 votes

Which verses point to John 3:14?

The 10 strongest of 30.