John 1:29
in John 1The 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
KJV
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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This verse in John 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Ambrose of MilanOn the Sacrament of the Incarnation of the Lord 1.4 · Written before 397.
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.
This site's exposition
Behold the Lamb of God
on John 1:29-31
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world: the next day's cry gathers the whole sacrificial system into a title, the Passover lamb, the morning and evening lamb of the daily offering, Isaiah 53:7's lamb led to slaughter, and Abraham's God will provide himself a lamb, and the commentators decline to pick one stream because the title claims them all. Taketh away, airon, is present tense and bearing-away, expiation in a participle, and the object is the sin of the world, singular and universal, the Gospel's scope announced at the Jordan. John repeats his preexistence refrain, for he was before me, and confesses his own prior ignorance, I knew him not, his commission having been to baptize until the sign should identify the One.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him,.... Not to be baptized, for he had been baptized before by him.
He seeth Jesus coming and saith, Behold the Lamb - Innocent; to be offered up; prophesied of by Isaiah, Isaiah liii, 7, typified by the paschal lamb, and by the daily sacrifice: The Lamb of God - Whom God gave, approves, accepts of; who taketh away - Atoneth for; the sin - That is, all the sins: of the world - Of all mankind. Sin and the world are of equal extent.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The next day - The day after the Jews made inquiry whether he was the Christ. Behold the Lamb of God - A “lamb,” among the Jews, was killed and eaten at the Passover to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt, Exo 12:3-11. A lamb was offered in the tabernacle, and afterward in the temple, every morning and evening, as a part of the daily worship, Exo 29:38-39. The Messiah was predicted as a lamb led to the slaughter, to show his patience in his sufferings, and readiness to die for man, Isa 53:
The words behind it
21 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Τῇ | tea | On the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐπαύριον | epaurion | next day | G1887 → | 17 times |
| βλέπει | blepei | he sees | G991 → | 132 times |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Ἰησοῦν | iesoun | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| ἐρχόμενον | erchomenon | coming | G2064 → | 628 times |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → | 700 times |
| αὐτὸν | auton | him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| λέγει· | legei | says; | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| ἴδε | ide | Behold | G2396 → | 30 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀμνὸς | amnos | Lamb | G286 → | |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θεοῦ, | theou | of God, | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| ὁ | ho | who | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αἴρων | airon | is taking away | G142 → | 100 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἁμαρτίαν | hamartian | sin | G266 → | 173 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κόσμου. | kosmou | world. | G2889 → | 185 times |
ΤῇOn the
teaG3588 →19766 times
ἐπαύριονnext day
epaurionG1887 →17 times
βλέπειhe sees
blepeiG991 →132 times
τὸν<the>
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἸησοῦνJesus
iesounG2424 →908 times
ἐρχόμενονcoming
erchomenonG2064 →628 times
πρὸςto
prosG4314 →700 times
αὐτὸνhim
autonG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
λέγει·says;
legeiG3004 →1325 times
ἴδεBehold
ideG2396 →30 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
ἀμνὸςLamb
amnosG286 →
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
θεοῦ,of God,
theouG2316 →1312 times
ὁwho
hoG3588 →19766 times
αἴρωνis taking away
aironG142 →100 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
ἁμαρτίανsin
hamartianG266 →173 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κόσμου.world.
kosmouG2889 →185 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 5:19
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
Through
1 Peter 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
it leads to
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- 1 John 1:7
Through
1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
it leads to
- 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.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:24
Through
Isaiah 53:7He 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…
it leads to
- Acts 8:32–33
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Acts 8:32–33
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies33
On this verse
- The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22)
- The Gospels
- Christ Our Wisdom: Proverbs 8 and the Wisdom of God
- The Creation Week, Genesis 1
- The Gospel of John
- Jacob's Ladder: Genesis 28
- Jesus: Titles & Roles
- The Prologue, the Word Made Flesh, John 1:1-18
- Reading Rabbinic Sources as a Christian
- The Scarlet Thread
- The Lamb: Revelation's Christology
On this chapter
- Wisdom Seen on Earth
- Creation to New Creation
- The Deity of Christ
- Ezekiel, the Study Guide
- Ezekiel's Temple, Ezekiel 40-48
- Follow Me
- Gematria and Its Limits
- How Greek Works
- Irony in Scripture: More Than the Speaker Knows
- Jesus on Discipleship
- Theological Words
- Miracles of Jesus
- The Tabernacle
- The Feast of Tabernacles
- The Flesh
- Light
- The God Who Sings: Zephaniah 3:17
- Thirty-Seven and Seventy-Three
- Trees: Eden, Cross, New Jerusalem
- The Trinity
- The Twelve Disciples
- Wordplay: the Puns of the Prophets
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About John

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture, John; Ambrose of Milan, On the Sacrament of the Incarnation of the Lord 1.4; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
