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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_peter/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_peter/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_peter/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_peter/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_peter/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_peter/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />but by <i>the</i> precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_peter/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_peter/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_peter/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, <i>the blood</i> of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_peter/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_peter/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, <i>the blood</i> of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_peter/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, <i>the blood</i> of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_peter/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />but [you were actually purchased] with precious blood, like that of a [sacrificial] lamb unblemished and spotless, <i>the priceless blood</i> of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_peter/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_peter/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_peter/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_peter/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent lamb. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_peter/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_peter/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Rather, the payment that freed you was the precious blood of Christ, the lamb with no defects or imperfections.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_peter/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_peter/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of the Messiah, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_peter/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_peter/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_peter/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_peter/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_peter/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_peter/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_peter/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted—Christ’s—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_peter/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />but by <i>the</i> precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_peter/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_peter/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But with precious blood, as of a lamb blameless and spotless, of Christ:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_peter/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_peter/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_peter/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_peter/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_peter/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But with the precious blood of the Lamb without blemish and without spot which is Christ:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_peter/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But with the precious blood of The Lamb, who has no blemish or defilement in him, who is The Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_peter/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without spot and blemish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_peter/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />but by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and spotless:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_peter/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />but by the precious blood of Christ, as the unblemished and spotless lamb:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_peter/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but by the precious blood of Christ, who is the lamb without spot, and without blemish:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_peter/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_peter/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />but with <i>the</i> precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_peter/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ as <i>of</i> a lamb without blemish and without spot:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_peter/1-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=186" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_peter/1.htm">A Call to Holiness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>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, <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/5093.htm" title="5093: timiō (Adj-DNS) -- Of great price, precious, honored. ">with the precious</a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haimati (N-DNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">of Christ,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner."></a> <a href="/greek/286.htm" title="286: amnou (N-GMS) -- A lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). Apparently a primary word; a lamb.">a lamb</a> <a href="/greek/299.htm" title="299: amōmou (Adj-GMS) -- Blameless, without blemish, unblemished, faultless. Unblemished.">without blemish</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">or</a> <a href="/greek/784.htm" title="784: aspilou (Adj-GMS) -- Unstained, undefiled, spotless, pure. Unblemished.">spot.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">20</span>He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></span><br />The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a></span><br />And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a></span><br />Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-20.htm">Leviticus 22:20-21</a></span><br />You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. / When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a></span><br />This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28</a></span><br />Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a></span><br />He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a></span><br />But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a></span><br />and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:</p><p class="hdg">with.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22-24</a></b></br> Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a></b></br> For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24</a></b></br> Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.</p><p class="hdg">as.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a></b></br> Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take <i>it</i> out from the sheep, or from the goats:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29,36</a></b></br> The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">Blood</a> <a 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href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Spotless</a> <a href="/jude/1-24.htm">Unblemished</a> <a href="/luke/11-44.htm">Unmarked</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-14.htm">Unspotted</a><div class="vheading2">1 Peter 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_peter/1-1.htm">Peter praises God for his manifold spiritual graces;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">showing that the salvation in Christ the fulfillment of prophesy;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">and exhorts them accordingly to be holy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_peter/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_peter/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_peter/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>but with the precious blood of Christ</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the immense value and significance of Christ's sacrifice. In the Old Testament, blood was central to the sacrificial system, symbolizing life and atonement for sin (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). The use of "precious" underscores the unique and unparalleled worth of Christ's blood, contrasting it with the perishable things like silver or gold mentioned earlier in the passage. This highlights the eternal and divine nature of Christ's sacrifice, which is sufficient for the redemption of humanity. The concept of blood as a means of atonement is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, where the shedding of blood was necessary for the forgiveness of sins (<a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a>).<p><b>a lamb without blemish or spot</b><br>This phrase draws a direct parallel to the Passover lamb described in <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a>, which had to be without defect to be an acceptable sacrifice. The imagery of a lamb is significant, as it points to Jesus as the fulfillment of the sacrificial system, the ultimate Passover Lamb (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>). The requirement of being "without blemish or spot" signifies purity and perfection, qualities that are essential for a sacrifice that can truly atone for sin. This also connects to the Messianic prophecies in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, where the suffering servant is depicted as a lamb led to the slaughter, innocent and without fault. The typology of Jesus as the Lamb of God is a central theme in the New Testament, emphasizing His role as the perfect and final sacrifice for sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a></b><br>The apostle of Jesus Christ, traditionally believed to be the author of this epistle. He writes to encourage and instruct believers facing trials.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a></b><br>The central figure of Christianity, whose sacrificial death and resurrection are the foundation of Christian faith. In this verse, He is depicted as a sacrificial lamb.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lamb_without_blemish_or_spot.htm">Lamb without blemish or spot</a></b><br>This imagery refers to the Old Testament sacrificial system, where a lamb without defect was required for offerings, symbolizing purity and acceptance by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_christ's_sacrifice.htm">The Value of Christ's Sacrifice</a></b><br>The term "precious" underscores the immense value and worth of Christ's blood, which is beyond any earthly treasure. Believers are reminded of the cost of their redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purity_and_perfection.htm">Purity and Perfection</a></b><br>The description of Christ as a "lamb without blemish or spot" highlights His sinlessness and perfection, qualifying Him as the only acceptable sacrifice for sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/old_testament_fulfillment.htm">Old Testament Fulfillment</a></b><br>Understanding the connection between the Old Testament sacrificial system and Christ's sacrifice enriches our appreciation of God's redemptive plan throughout history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_holiness.htm">Call to Holiness</a></b><br>Just as Christ was pure and spotless, believers are called to live holy lives, reflecting the transformative power of His sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_redemption.htm">Assurance of Redemption</a></b><br>The certainty of redemption through Christ's blood provides believers with assurance and hope, especially in times of trial and persecution.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_peter/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">With the precious blood of Christ.</span>--"Precious" means, not "much prized by us," but <span class= "ital">costly, </span>precious in itself; opposed to the perishableness of gold and silver. Notice that it is not "Jesus," but "Christ," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the Messiah. No price short of the "blood," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the death, of the Messiah could free the Jews from the thraldom of their "vain conversation." (Comp. <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm" title="Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.">1Peter 1:2</a> and Note.) How Christ's death freed them from it is not explained here; but we may give a twofold explanation, as we did of His resurrection being our regeneration, in <a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm" title="Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,">1Peter 1:3</a>. Historically it did so, because when they came to realise that their Messiah could only reach His glories through suffering it gave them a new insight into the whole meaning of the system under which they had been brought up. It did also, however, doubtless, in a more mysterious way, such as we cannot imagine, procure in God's sight their emancipation; and the following verses show that again St. Peter is thinking more of the theological than of the phenomenal side of the occurrence.<p><span class= "bld">As of a lamb without blemish and without spot</span>.--We might roughly paraphrase it by, "as of a sacrificial victim, to the sufficiency of whose offering no exception can be taken." The word "as" shows that in St. Peter's mind the notion of a "sacrifice," in reference to the atonement, was only a simile, or metaphor, just as it was with the notion of "ransom." Once more observe that the sacrifice was offered to effect a redemption which for the readers had already taken place. (Comp. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm" title="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?">Hebrews 9:14</a>.) The primary thought in mentioning a "lamb" is, of course, that of sacrifice; but when we come to consider why that particular sacrificial animal was named rather than another, it is, no doubt, for two reasons. First, because of the whiteness, the helplessness, the youth, the innocence, and patience, which make it a natural symbol of our Lord. (Comp. <span class= "ital">Ecce Homo, </span>p. 6, ed. 3.) The second reason is to be found in St. Peter's own life. The first thing that we know in his history was a putting together of those two words--Messiah, and the Lamb (<a href="/john/1-36.htm" title="And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God!">John 1:36</a>; <a href="/context/john/1-40.htm" title="One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.">John 1:40-41</a>). Neither he nor St. John (see <a href="/revelation/5-6.htm" title="And I beheld, and, see, in the middle of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the middle 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.">Revelation 5:6</a>, <span class= "ital">et al.</span>) ever forgot that cry of the Baptist. They, no doubt, understood that cry to refer, not primarily to the Paschal, or any other sacrifice, but to <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm" title="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 opens not his mouth.">Isaiah 53:7</a>, and perhaps to <a href="/genesis/22-8.htm" title="And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.">Genesis 22:8</a>. A word in the next verse will make it clearer that St. Peter really had the Baptist consciously before his mind when he thus wrote. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_peter/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot</span>; rather, as in the Revised Version, <span class="accented">but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot</span>, (<span class="accented">even the blood</span>) <span class="accented">of Christ</span>. <span class="accented">Precious</span>, as opposed to the "corruptible things" of ver. 18; it is precious, because it is the blood of Christ. Christ's holy body saw not corruption; gold and silver must perish at last; the precious blood in its virtue and efficacy abideth evermore. The blood of Christ is compared with that of a lamb. The lambs and other animals offered as sacrifices were to be without blemish (<a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Leviticus 22:19, 20, 21</a>); Christ was without sin, pure, harmless, undefiled. The blood of animals could never take away sin; yet it is written, "The life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul" (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). That blood prefigured the precious blood of Christ, which cleanseth from all sin. The sacrifices of the Law directed the faith of the pious Israelite to the one great Sacrifice, the Propitiation for the sins of the whole world. Probably St. Peter derived the comparison from the well-remembered words of the Baptist, reported by his brother Andrew, "Behold the Lamb of God!" The reference may be to the Paschal lamb ("Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us," <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>) - the blood of that lamb cannot, indeed, be regarded as a ransom from Egyptian bondage, but it saved the Israelites from the destroying angel - or to any sacrificial lamb. The apostle seems to be passing from the idea of ransom or price to that of expiation. The verb "ye were redeemed," the silver and gold, direct the thoughts to price; the blood and the lamb, to expiation. The two ideas are closely connected; the two illustrations combined give a fuller view of the blessed meaning of the Savior's death than either of them alone could do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_peter/1-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀλλὰ</span> <span class="translit">(alla)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with [the] precious</span><br /><span class="grk">τιμίῳ</span> <span class="translit">(timiō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5093.htm">Strong's 5093: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of great price, precious, honored. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">blood</span><br /><span class="grk">αἵματι</span> <span class="translit">(haimati)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Christ,</span><br /><span class="grk">Χριστοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Christou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a lamb</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀμνοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(amnou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_286.htm">Strong's 286: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). Apparently a primary word; a lamb.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without blemish</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀμώμου</span> <span class="translit">(amōmou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_299.htm">Strong's 299: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blameless, without blemish, unblemished, faultless. Unblemished.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">spot.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀσπίλου</span> <span class="translit">(aspilou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unstained, undefiled, spotless, pure. 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