And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
I say nothing of what was figured by this cure.
Christ Himself (they say further) in His gospel imitates Moses' serpent's sacred power, in saying: "And as Moses up reared the serpent in the desert, so it behoveth the Son of man to be up reared."
