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Behold, the Lamb of God
John points and names it: 'Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!' His word is ἀμνός (amnos, G286), and in the tagged Greek New Testament that word stands in exactly four verses — John 1:29, John 1:36, Acts 8:32, and 1 Peter 1:19. Every one of the four is about the same person, and the Acts verse is a man reading Isaiah 53 aloud.
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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A voice from the tradition
Witness
Wherever there shall live a sinner throughout the wide world, sinking under that burden too heavy for him to bear, he shall find in this “Lamb of God,” a shoulder equal to the weight.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871), on John 1:29 — public domainReformed
The approved voices
On John 1:29
Abel knew how to divide when he offered a sacrifice from "the firstlings of his flock," teaching that the gifts of the earth, which had degenerated in the sinner, will not please God. But those in which the grace of the divine mystery shone forth will please him. And so he prophesied that we were to be redeemed from fault through the passion of the Lord, of whom it is written: "Here is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." Thus, too, he made an offering from the firstlings, that he might signify the firstborn.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Sacrament of the Incarnation of the Lord 1.4, 397Patristic
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him,.... Not to be baptized, for he had been baptized before by him.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
The workbench
Words in this verse
- ΤῇTēa — On theG3588
- ἐπαύριονepaurion — next dayG1887
- βλέπειblepei — he seesG991
- τὸνton — <the>G3588
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun — JesusG2424
- ἐρχόμενονerchomenon — comingG2064
- πρὸςpros — toG4314
- αὐτὸνauton — himG846
- καὶkai — andG2532
- λέγει·legei — says;G3004
- ἴδεide — BeholdG2396
- ὁho — theG3588
- ἀμνὸςamnos — LambG286
- τοῦtou — <the>G3588
- θεοῦ,theou — of God,G2316
- ὁho — whoG3588
- αἴρωνairōn — is taking awayG142
- τὴνtēn — theG3588
- ἁμαρτίανhamartian — sinG266
- τοῦtou — of theG3588
- κόσμου.kosmou — world.G2889
The floor
Where the canon echoes this verse
- Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
Commentary on Isaiah 53:72 voices
Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. This testimony is about the Ethiopian eunuch, who was riding in a chariot of Queen Candace while reading the book of Acts (Chapter 8 and following). He did not understand what he was reading, but with the help of Philip, he came to understand the passion and the name of the Savior. He was immediately baptized in the blood of the Lamb that he had been reading about and deserved to be called a man.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Commentary on 1 John 2:21 voice
Moreover, we do not prejudge when the Lord is to be the judge; save that if He shall find the repentance of the sinners full and sound, He will then ratify what shall have been here determined by us.
Cyprian· Epistle LI, 258Patristic
- 1 John 3:5
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Commentary on 1 John 3:51 voice
And you know that He appeared to take away our sins: and in Him, there is no sin. Everyone who abides in Him does not sin. Everyone who sins has not seen Him nor known Him. "And you know that He appeared." You can no …
Oecumenius· Commentary on 1 John, 550Patristic
- 1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
Commentary on 1 Peter 1:192 voices
" And, for fear you should fly to that statement for a licence to fornication, on the ground that you will be sinning against a thing which is yours, not the Lord's, he takes you away from yourself, and awards you, according to his previous disposition, to Christ: "And ye are not your own; "immediately opposing (thereto), "for bought ye are with a price"-the blood, to wit, of the Lord: "glorify and extol the Lord in your body.
Tertullian· On Modesty, 220Patristic
But with the precious blood of Christ,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:211 voice
But if you hold to the letter, as you think, from what is written, that the Word was made flesh, that the Word of God was made flesh; do you deny that it is written about the Lord, that he did not commit sin, but became sin? Therefore, the Lord was not turned into sin? Not so; but because he took on our sins, he was called sin. For the Lord was also called cursed, not because the Lord was turned into a curse, but because he himself took on our curse: Cursed is he who hangs on a tree.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Sacrament of the Incarnation of the Lord, Chapter 6, 397Patristic
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Commentary on 1 Peter 2:241 voice
Who his own self bare our sins,.... As was typified by the high priest bearing the sins of the holy things of the people of Israel, when he went into the most holy place, and by the scape goat bearing the iniquities of all the people unto a land not inhabited, and as was foretold by the Prophet Isaiah. The apostle here explains the nature and end of Christ's sufferings, which were to make atonement for sins, and which was done by bearing them.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Isaiah 53:11
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
Commentary on Isaiah 53:112 voices
And the Lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity. LXX: And the Lord desires to cleanse him from his wound. However, the Lord wanted to cleanse him from the wound that he had received from the soldier's spear. Whether to crush him in weakness and wound: of whom he himself said: Because whom you struck, they persecuted (Ps. 68:27). And through Zacharias God speaks: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered (Zech. 13:7).
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
He has bought us with his own blood. He endured the cross, despising its shame, so that he might win our salvation. Therefore bow your necks to his yoke. For your soul will see the fruitful seed, that is, you will be sharers in those being kept for eternal life, that is, the saints who have been enriched with the hope of eternal life. For there was no idea of the resurrection of the dead among the Greeks, and the mystery until now was not set forth.
Cyril of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5:1.53:11, 444Patristic
- Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Commentary on Hebrews 1:31 voice
Who being the brightness of his glory,.... Or "of glory"; of God the Father, the God of glory, and who is glory itself; so called on account of his glorious nature and perfections and because of the glorious manifestations of them in his works of creation and providence, and in the various dispensations of his grace, and especially in his Son; and because he is the author of all glory, in the creatures, in the whole world, in Christ as man and Mediator, and in his own people.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Commentary on Revelation 12:111 voice
And they say that they resisted him on equal terms, having overcome the one who seemed invincible, as if daring even against God. They triumphed by employing a collaborator and helper in the precious blood of Christ, and by the word of the testimony given …
Oecumenius· Commentary on Revelation, 550Patristic
- Revelation 6:1
Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
Commentary on Revelation 6:12 voices
"And when the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals, I saw, and heard one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And, lo, a white horse, and He who sate upon him had a bow." The first seal being opened, he says that he saw a white horse, and a crowned horseman having a bow. For this was at first done by Himself.
Victorinus of Pettau· Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John, 304Patristic
And I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seals,.... Of the sealed book; one of the seven seals of it, as read the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions, and the Complutensian edition; that is, the first; so "one" is used for first in Gen 1:5; and as appears from the following seals being called second, third, fourth, &c.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
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