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Jean 3.15

Par les déclarations des verset 1 et suivants, Jésus s'efforce d'initier Nicodème à ces "choses célestes," (verset 12) que lui seul pouvait révéler. (verset 13)

Le verset 13 énonçait un premier motif de croire, en légitimant Jésus comme révélateur ; le verset 14 ajoute (et) à ce premier motif un second, en le présentant comme rédempteur.

Pour rendre accessible à Nicodème le mystère de son œuvre rédemptrice, Jésus emprunte à l'Ancien Testament (Nombres 21.5-11) un magnifique symbole bien connu de son interlocuteur ; et, se l'appliquant à lui-même, il en fait une prédiction très claire de sa mort.

Le peuple d'Israël ayant murmuré contre Dieu, fût châtié par le fléau terrible de serpents brûlants qui causèrent la mort d'un grand nombre des coupables. Alors le peuple repentant, confessant son péché vint vers Moïse, le suppliant d'intercéder pour lui. En réponse à sa prière, le serviteur de Dieu reçut l'ordre d'élever sur une perche un serpent d'airain, et tous ceux qui, croyant la promesse de Dieu, contemplaient cette image du mal dont ils souffraient, furent guéris.

De même, ajoute Jésus, il faut que le Fils de l'homme soit élevé ; élevé sur la croix d'abord, qui deviendra pour lui le chemin de la gloire.

Le sens de ce mot être élevé nous est certifié par d'autres déclarations du Sauveur lui-même, (Jean 8.28 ; 12.32,33) et aussi par le fait que, dans la langue araméenne qu'il parlait, le terme correspondant, qu'il a du employer, signifie : être élevé sur un poteau, y être pendu ou crucifié.

Il faut, dit Jésus : glorieuse nécessité, fondée sur la miséricorde éternelle de Dieu, sur son conseil déjà annoncé par les prophéties, qui doivent être accomplies. Et le but de cette œuvre immense de l'amour de Jésus sera semblable à celui qui fût atteint au désert pour les Israélites mourants : afin que quiconque croit en lui (grec tout croyant en lui, universalité et richesse de cette œuvre de rédemption !) ne périsse point dans son péché, comme les coupables périssaient au désert, mais qu'il ait la vie éternelle.

Cette dernière parole se trouve ici pour la première fois dans notre évangile. Elle reviendra très souvent dans la suite. Le don de la vie éternelle implique non seulement le pardon, la réconciliation avec Dieu, mais la participation de l'âme sauvée à la vie de Dieu même, vie impérissable et bienheureuse. Et il faut remarquer le présent : ait la vie, qu'il l'ait dès le moment où il embrassera par une foi vivante du cœur ce Sauveur qu'il contemple sur la croix. (versets 16,36)

- Les mots : ne périsse point, mais, manquent dans Sin., B, quelques versions, et la plupart des critiques les suppriment, supposant qu'ils ont été copiés par mégarde du verset 16. Mais, comme le remarque M. Godet, ils pourraient avoir été écrits par l'auteur pour établir entre notre verset et le suivant ce parallélisme qui est la marque de l'exaltation du sentiment. (comparez verset 11 note)


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    • Esaïe 45

      22 "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

      Matthieu 18

      10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

      Marc 16

      16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

      Luc 19

      10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

      Jean 1

      12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

      Jean 3

      15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
      36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

      Jean 5

      24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

      Jean 6

      40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
      47 Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.

      Jean 10

      28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
      29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
      30 I and the Father are one."

      Jean 11

      25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
      26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

      Jean 12

      44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
      45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
      46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

      Jean 16

      33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."

      Jean 17

      2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
      3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

      Jean 20

      31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

      Actes 8

      36 As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"

      Actes 13

      41 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"

      Actes 16

      30 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
      31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."

      Romains 5

      1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
      2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
      21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Romains 6

      22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
      23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

      Romains 10

      9 that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
      10 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
      11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."
      12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
      13 For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."
      14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

      1 Corinthiens 1

      18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

      2 Corinthiens 4

      3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

      Galates 2

      16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
      20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

      Hébreux 7

      25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

      Hébreux 10

      39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

      1 Jean 2

      25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

      1 Jean 5

      1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
      11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
      12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life.
      13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
      20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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