And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
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."