John 1:36
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
KJV
καὶ ἐμβλέψας τῷ Ἰησοῦ περιπατοῦντι λέγει· ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ.
Greek NT
Et respiciens Jesum ambulantem, dicit : Ecce agnus Dei.
Vulgate
and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!
ASV
And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
ἀμνός
amnos
noun · 4×
ἐμβλέπω
emblepo
verb · 11×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§608After agreeing to baptize him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed him out as the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".422 By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol …
§719John the Baptist is "more than a prophet."94 In him, the Holy Spirit concludes his speaking through the prophets. John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah.95 He proclaims the imminence of the consolation of Israel; he is the "voice" of the Consoler who is coming.96 As the Spirit of truth will also do, John "came to bear witness to the light."97 In John's sight, the …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 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:
- 1Pet 1:19 — But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- 1Pet 1:19 — But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- 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.
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Isa 65:1 — I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
- John 1:7 — The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lev 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
- Rev 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 Spir
- Rev 7:10 — And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.