As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
And who else can be designed by the "other serpent of life" z, and the "holy serpent" a they speak of, in opposition to the evil serpent that seduced Eve? And it is well known, that נחש, "a serpent", and משיח, "Messiah", are numerically, or by gematry, the same; a way of interpretation, and explanation, often in use with the Jews. Now, as this serpent was lifted up on a pole on high, that every one that was bitten with the fiery serpent might look to it, and be healed;