Lamb of God

Lamb of God is a title given to Jesus by John the Baptist, recalling the Passover lamb and the sacrificial lambs of the Law of Moses; the book of Revelation repeatedly calls the risen Christ the Lamb.

Behold the Lamb of God

• John 1:29
  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.The 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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• John 1:36
  And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
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The Passover lamb

• Exodus 12:3-7
  ³Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. ⁴And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. ⁵Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. ⁶And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. ⁷And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
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• Exodus 12:13
  And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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• John 19:36
  For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
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• 1 Corinthians 5:7
  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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Led as a lamb to the slaughter

• Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.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.
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• Acts 8:32-35
  ³²The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: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. ³³In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.” ³⁴And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” ³⁵Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
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A lamb without blemish

• 1 Peter 1:18-20
  ¹⁸Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. ²⁰Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
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• Hebrews 9:14
  How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
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The Lamb in Revelation

• Revelation 5:6
  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
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• Revelation 5:12
  Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
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• Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
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• Revelation 13:8
  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
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• Revelation 17:14
  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
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• Revelation 19:9
  And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
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See also

• Jesus Christ
• Sacrifice
• Crucifixion of Jesus
• Atonement
• Lord's Supper

Notes

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