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Originally Posted by Prufrock  You're on to something very good there -- the "so" has traditionally been interpreted as a "thus" (sic), not a "so much." Christ being given for the world (i.e., Jews and Gentiles) is being compared to the bronze serpent being given for the Jews to deliver them. |
I'm a little surprised by your response, since I'd never heard it interpretted that way before (I assumed I was wrong). Do you know offhand of any commentators/writers who interpret it that way?