Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

of the temple of the Father, prepared for the building of God the Father, and drawn up on high by the instrument of Jesus Christ, which is the cross,[59]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

and once more, "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto Me."[15]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

that men can be saved in no other way from the old wound of the serpent than by believing in Him who, in the likeness of sinful flesh, is lifted up from the earth upon the tree of martyrdom, and draws all things to Himself,[32]

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Old Testament