• Exod 12:3 — Speak 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:
• Gen 22:8 — And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
• Isa 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.

8 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Anglican · Anglican
• Baptist · Baptist
• Roman Catholic · Catholic
• Evangelical · Evangelical
• Lutheran · Lutheran
• Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

25 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Catechism of the Catholic Church · 4 passages
• Homilies on the Gospel of John · 4 passages
• Summa Theologica · 4 passages
• Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 3 passages
• Commentary on the Gospel of John · 2 passages
• Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
• City of God · 2 passages
• Against the Arians (Orationes contra Arianos) · 2 passages
• Commentary on Genesis · 1 passage
• 1 Clement (Letter to the Corinthians) · 1 passage