“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up — the Old Testament allusion (Numbers 21:4-9) interprets Jesus' crucifixion as antitype of the bronze serpent. Both involve lifting up (hypsoō) visible to those who look; both provide salvation from death. The correlation suggests that Jesus' crucifixion, though seemingly shameful defeat, functions redemptively as the serpent's elevation preceded salvation.
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