He said that as the bronze serpent was lifted up on a pole when Israel were in the wilderness, so he would be publicly lifted up in his time of dying; thus he associated the 'cross' with the pole (John 3:14).
Alisema kama vile nyoka wa shaba alivyoinuliwa kwenye mti Israel walipokuwa jagwani, basi atainuliwa wazi mbele za watu muda wake wa kufa; hivyo alijumuisha ‘msalaba’ na mti (Yohana 3:14).