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The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/esv/john/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/bsb/john/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/blb/john/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> On the next day, he sees Jesus coming to him and says, "Behold the Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world. <a href="/kjv/john/1.htm">King James Bible</a> The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. <a href="/nkjv/john/1.htm">New King James Version</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/nasb_/john/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/nasb/john/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, &#8220Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/nasb77/john/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/lsb/john/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> On the next day, he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/amp/john/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/csb/john/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/hcsb/john/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/asv/john/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! <a href="/cev/john/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/erv/john/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! <a href="/gwt/john/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> John saw Jesus coming toward him the next day and said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. <a href="/gnt/john/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/isv/john/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/msb/john/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ?Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/net/john/1.htm">NET Bible</a> On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/nheb/john/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. <a href="/wbt/john/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. <a href="/wey/john/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world! <a href="/web/john/1.htm">World English Bible</a> The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> On the next day John sees Jesus coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; <a href="/blb/john/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> On the next day, he sees Jesus coming to him and says, "Behold the Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world. <a href="/ylt/john/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; <a href="/slt/john/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, be taking away the sin of the world.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him, and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who taketh away the sin of the world. <a href="/cpdv/john/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: “Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world. <a href="/nabre/john/1.htm">New American Bible</a> The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. <a href="/nrsvce/john/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and he said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And the day after, Yohannan saw Yeshua Who came to him and Yohannan said: “Behold, The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world. <a href="/godbey/john/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. <a href="/haweis/john/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world, <a href="/mace/john/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "behold the lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world." <a href="/wey/john/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world! <a href="/worrell/john/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, "Behold, the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world! <a href="/worsley/john/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> The next day John seeth Jesus coming towards him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. <a href="/parallel/john/1-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=206" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/1.htm">Jesus the Lamb of God</a> 28All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/1887.htm" title="1887: epaurion (Adv) -- Tomorrow. From epi and aurion; occurring on the succeeding day, i.e. to-morrow.">next day</a> <a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: blepei (V-PIA-3S) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.">John saw</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsoun (N-AMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchomenon (V-PPM/P-AMS) -- To come, go. ">coming</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">toward</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legei (V-PIA-3S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">said,</a> <a href="/greek/2400.htm" title="2400: Ide (V-AMA-2S) -- See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!">“Look,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/286.htm" title="286: Amnos (N-NMS) -- A lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). Apparently a primary word; a lamb.">Lamb</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: airōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">takes away</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartian (N-AFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world!</a> 30This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a> 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. <a href="/revelation/5-6.htm">Revelation 5:6</a> 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. <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a> but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> 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! <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a> 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. <a href="/acts/8-32.htm">Acts 8:32</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a> And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” <a href="/1_john/3-5.htm">1 John 3:5</a> But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. <a href="/1_john/2-2.htm">1 John 2:2</a> He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a> 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.” <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a> And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3-7</a> 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. / 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. / Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. ... <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Leviticus 16:21-22</a> Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task. / The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The next day John sees Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.Behold.<a href="/john/1-36.htm">John 1:36</a> And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!<a href="/genesis/22-7.htm">Genesis 22:7,8</a> And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? … <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3-13</a> 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: … which.<a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a> He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.<a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2</a> Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.<a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a> Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.taketh.<a href="/exodus/28-38.htm">Exodus 28:38</a> And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.<a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Leviticus 10:17</a> Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?<a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Leviticus 16:21,22</a> And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/22-38.htm">Exclaimed</a> <a href="/john/1-17.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/1-28.htm">John</a> <a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/luke/17-4.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/luke/24-29.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/john/1-10.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/8-52.htm">Exclaimed</a> <a href="/john/1-36.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/1-32.htm">John</a> <a href="/john/1-36.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/john/1-35.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/john/5-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/john/6-5.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/john/3-16.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">John 1</div>1. <a href="/john/1-1.htm">The divinity, humanity, office, and incarnation of Jesus Christ.</a> 15. <a href="/john/1-15.htm">The testimony of John.</a> 39. <a href="/john/1-39.htm">The calling of Simon and Andrew, Philip and Nathanael</a> </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 = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The next day This phrase indicates a continuation of events from the previous day, suggesting a sequence in the narrative. It highlights the ongoing ministry of John the Baptist and his role in preparing the way for Jesus. The timing emphasizes the immediacy and unfolding revelation of Jesus' identity.John saw Jesus coming toward him John the Baptist, a pivotal prophetic figure, recognizes Jesus as He approaches. This encounter occurs in the region of Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. John's recognition of Jesus is significant, as it underscores his role as the forerunner who identifies and announces the Messiah to Israel.and said, “Look, John's exclamation draws attention to Jesus, urging those present to focus on Him. This command to "look" is an invitation to witness and understand the significance of Jesus' presence. It serves as a call to recognize Jesus' divine mission and identity.the Lamb of God, This title, "Lamb of God," is rich with Old Testament symbolism and sacrificial imagery. It alludes to the Passover lamb (<a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3-13</a>), the daily sacrifices in the temple (<a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a>), and the prophetic suffering servant in <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a>. The lamb represents innocence, sacrifice, and atonement, pointing to Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice for sin.who takes away the sin of the world! This phrase encapsulates the redemptive mission of Jesus. Unlike the Old Testament sacrifices that temporarily covered sin, Jesus' sacrifice removes sin entirely. The scope of "the world" indicates the universal nature of His atonement, extending beyond Israel to all humanity. This connects to prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-6</a> and foreshadows the New Covenant promise of forgiveness and reconciliation with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/john_the_baptist.htm">John the Baptist</a> A prophet and forerunner of Jesus, known for baptizing people in the Jordan River and calling them to repentance. He identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> Referred to as the "Lamb of God" by John the Baptist, signifying His role in the redemption of humanity. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lamb_of_god.htm">The Lamb of God</a> A title given to Jesus, symbolizing His sacrificial role in taking away the sins of the world, reminiscent of the Passover lamb in the Old Testament. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sin_of_the_world.htm">Sin of the World</a> Refers to the collective sin of humanity that Jesus came to remove through His sacrificial death. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_world.htm">The World</a> Represents all of humanity, indicating the universal scope of Jesus' redemptive work.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_jesus'_role.htm">Recognition of Jesus' Role</a> Understand the significance of Jesus being called the "Lamb of God" and how it fulfills Old Testament prophecies. <a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_jesus'_sacrifice.htm">The Universality of Jesus' Sacrifice</a> Reflect on the fact that Jesus' sacrifice is for the entire world, emphasizing the inclusivity of the Gospel. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin_and_redemption.htm">The Nature of Sin and Redemption</a> Acknowledge the seriousness of sin and the necessity of Jesus' sacrificial death for redemption. <a href="/topical/p/personal_response_to_jesus.htm">Personal Response to Jesus</a> Consider how recognizing Jesus as the Lamb of God should impact one's personal faith and daily life. <a href="/topical/e/evangelism_and_witnessing.htm">Evangelism and Witnessing</a> Be inspired by John the Baptist's example to point others to Jesus as the Savior.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 1</a> <a href="/q/how_does_'lamb_of_god'_fit_ot_laws.htm">How does calling Jesus “the Lamb of God” who removes sin (John 1:29) fit with conflicting Old Testament sacrificial laws?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'agnus_dei'_mean.htm">What does "Agnus Dei" mean?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_jesus_of_nazareth.htm">Who was Jesus of Nazareth?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jesus'_suffering_significant.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' suffering and sacrifice?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) The next day.--We pass on to the witness of John on the second day, when he sees Jesus coming unto him, probably on the return from the Temptation. Forty days had passed since they met before, and since John knew at the baptism that Jesus was the Messiah. These days were for the One a period of loneliness, temptation, and victory. They must have been for the other a time of quickened energy, wondering thought, and earnest study of what the prophets foretold the Messianic advent should be. Prominent among those prophecies which every Rabbi of that day interpreted of the Messiah, was <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm" title="Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.">Isaiah 52:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm" title="Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.">Isaiah 53:12</a>. We know that on the previous day the fortieth chapter is quoted (<a href="/john/1-23.htm" title="He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.">John 1:23</a>), and that this prophet is therefore in the speaker's thoughts. Side by side with these thoughts was the daily continuing tale of grief and sorrow and sin from those who came to be baptised. How often must there have came to the mind such words as, "He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows," "He was wounded for our transgressions," "He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter," "He bare the sin of many"! The Messiah, then, was the servant of Jehovah, the true Paschal Lamb of Isaiah's thought. While the heart burns with this living truth that all men needed, and that one heart only knew, that same Form is seen advancing. It bears indeed no halo of glory, but it bears marks of the agonising contest and yet the calm of accomplished victory. "He hath no form nor comeliness," "no beauty that we should desire Him." John looks at Him as He is coming, sees there living, walking in their midst, the bearer of the world's sin and sorrow; and utters words than which in depth and width of meaning none more full have ever come from human lips, "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world."The margin gives "beareth" as an alternative rendering for "taketh away," and this union exactly expresses the force of the original. He is ever taking away sin, but this He does by bearing the burden Himself. (Comp. <a href="/1_john/3-5.htm" title="And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.">1John 3:5</a>.) A reference to the words of <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm" title="Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.">Isaiah 53:4</a>, above, fully establishes this. The Baptist probably used the very word of the prophet; but the Evangelist does not, in recording this for Greek readers, use the word of the LXX. as St. Peter does (<a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm" title="Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.">1Peter 2:24</a>, "bare our sin in His own body"), but are-translates, and chooses the wider word which includes both meanings. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - On the following day. Next after the day on which the Sanhedrin had heard from John the vindication of his own right to baptize in virtue of the commencement of the Messiah's ministry, which as yet was concealed from all eyes but his own. He [John ] seeth Jesus coming towards him, within reach of observation (certainly not, as Ewald and others have imagined, to be baptized of him, for, as we have seen, the statements of ver. 33 exclude the possibility of such a purpose. The design of Jesus is not stated. The evangelist is here occupied with the testimony of the Baptist to Christ. Enough is said to provide the opportunity for the most wonderful and mysterious utterances of the forerunner. Behold (ἴδε in the singular, although several persons are addressed, is not unusual; see <a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Matthew 10:16</a> and <a href="/john/11-3.htm">John 11:3</a>) the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. We should observe, from the later context, that already John had perceived by special signs and Divine inspiration that Jesus was the Son of God, and the veritable Baptizer with the Holy Ghost; that he was before him in dignity, honour, and by pre-existence, although his earthly ministry had been delayed until after John's preparatory work had been done. John had felt that the "confession of sins" made by the guilty multitude, by generations of vipers, was needful, rational, imperative upon them; but that in the case of Jesus this confession was not only superfluous, but a kind of contradiction in terms. The Lord over whom the heavens had opened, and to whom the heavenly name had been given, fulfilling all righteousness by submitting to the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins, was a profound perplexity to the Baptist. Strange was it that he who would have power to deal with the Holy Ghost even as John had been using water should have been called in any real sense to confess the sins of his own nature or life. John believed that Jesus was the Source of a fiery purity and purifying power, and that according to his own showing he had rejected all proposals which might bring Israel to his feet by assuming the role of their conquering Messiah. He had even treated these suggestions as temptations of the devil. Not to save his physical life from starvation would he use his miraculous energies for his own personal ends. Not to bring the whole Sanhedrin, priesthood, and temple guard, nay, even the Roman governor and court, to his feet, will he utter a word or wave a signal which they could misunderstand. His purpose was to identify himself, Son of God though he be, with the world - to "suffer all, that he might succour all." Because John knew that Jesus was so great he was brought to apprehend the veritable fact and central reality of the Lord's person and work. He saw by a Divine inspiration what Jesus was, and what he was about to do. The simple supposition that Jesus had made John the Baptist his confidant, on his return from the wilderness of temptation and victory, and that we owe the story of the temptation to the facts of Christ's experience which had been communicated to John, do more than any other supposition does to expound the standpoint of John's remarkable exclamation. A library of discussion and exposition has been produced by the words which John uttered on this occasion, and different writers have taken opposite views, which in their origin proceed from the same root. The early Greek interpreters were moving in a true direction when they looked to the celebrated oracle of <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a> as the primary signification of the great phrase, "The Lamb of God." The image used to portray the suffering Sin-bearer is the "Lamb brought silently to the slaughter," "a Sheep dumb before his shearers." Doubtless the first implication of this comparison arose from the prophet's conception of the patience, gentleness, and submission of the sublime but suffering "Servant of God;" but the fourth, fifth, sixth, and twelfth verses of that chapter are so charged with the sin bearing of the great Victim, the vicarious and propitiatory virtue of his agony unto death, that we cannot separate the one from the other. He who is led as a Lamb to the slaughter bears our sins and suffers pain for us, is wounded on account of our transgressions: "The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all... it pleased the Lord to bruise him," etc. The Servant of God is God's Lamb, appointed and consecrated for the highest work of sacrificial suffering and death. The LXX. has certainly used the verb φέρειν, to bear, where John uses αἴρειν, to take away. Meyer suggests that in the idea of αἄρειν the previous notion of φέρειν is involved and presupposed. The Hebrew formula, נָשָׂא חֵטְא and נָשָׂא עָון, are variously translated by the LXX., but generally in the sense of bearing the consequences of personal guilt or the sin of another (<a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a>; <a href="/leviticus/5-17.htm">Leviticus 5:17</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-17.htm">Leviticus 20:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Ezekiel 18:19</a>). In <a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Leviticus 10:17</a> it is distinctly used of the priestly expiation for sin to be effected by Eleazar. Here and elsewhere נָשָׂא is translated in the LXX. by ἀφαιρεῖν, where God as the subject of the verb is described as lifting off sin from the transgressor and by bearing it himself - bearing it away. In several places the LXX. has gone further, translating the word, when God is the subject, by ἀφιεναί, with the idea of forgiveness (<a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3</a>; <a href="/genesis/50-17.htm">Genesis 50:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Isaiah 33:24</a>). Hence the Baptist, in using the word αἴρειν, had doubtless in his mind the large connotation of the Hebrew word נָשָׂא with the fundamental prerequisite of the taking away, which the oracle of Isaiah had suggested to him. John knew that the taking away of sin involved the twofold process: (1) the conference of a new spiritual life by the gift and grace of the Holy Spirit; and (2) such a removal of the consequences and shame and peril of sin as is involved by the bearing of sins in his own Divine personality. Thus he not only perceived from the accompaniments of the baptism that Jesus was the Son of God and the Baptizer with the Holy Ghost, but that, being these, his meek submission and his triumphant repudiation of the temptations of the devil which were based upon the fact of his Divine sonship proved that he was the Divine sin-bearing Lamb of Isaiah's oracle. Many commentators have, however, seen a special reference to the Paschal lamb, with which Christ's work was, without hesitation, compared in later years (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>). There can be no doubt that the Passover lamb was a "sin offering" (Hengstenberg, 'Christ of the Old Testament,' vol. 4:351; Baur, 'Uber die Ursprung und Bedeutung des Passah-Fest,' quoted by Lucke, 1:404). It was God's sacrifice by pre-eminence, and the blood of the lamb was offered to God to make atonement, and it freed Israel from the curse that fell on the firstborn of Egypt. John, the son of a sacrificing priest, the Nazarite, the stern prophet of the wilderness, was familiar with all the ritual and the lessons of that solemn festival; and might look on the Son of God, selected for this sacrifice, as fulfilling in singular and unique fashion the function of the Passover Lamb for the whole world. But John would not be limited by the Paschal associations. Day by day lambs were presented before God as burnt offerings, as expressions of the desire of the offerers to accept absolutely the supreme will of God. Moreover, the lamb of the trespass offering was slain for atonement (<a href="/leviticus/4-35.htm">Leviticus 4:35</a>; <a href="/leviticus/14-11.htm">Leviticus 14:11</a>; <a href="/numbers/6-12.htm">Numbers 6:12</a>), either when physical defilement excluded the sufferer from temple worship, or when a Nazarite had lost the advantage of his vow by contact with the dead. Even the ceremonial of the great Day of Atonement, though other animal victims were used, suggested the same great thought of propitiatory suffering and death. These various forms of sacrificial worship must have been in the minds of both Isaiah and John. They are the key to Isaiah's prophecy, and this in its turn is the basis of the cry of John. The New Testament apostles and evangelists, whether accurate or not in their exegesis, did repeatedly take this oracle of Isaiah's as descriptive of the work of the Lord, and other early Christian writers treated the chapter as though it were a fragment of their contemporaneous evidence and exposition (<a href="/matthew/8-17.htm">Matthew 8:17</a>; <a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22-25</a>; <a href="/acts/8-28.htm">Acts 8:28</a>; <a href="/luke/22-37.htm">Luke 22:37</a>; <a href="/revelation/5-6.htm">Revelation 5:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a>; <a href="/romans/10-16.htm">Romans 10:16</a>; Clement, '1 Ep. ad Cor.,' 16.). John was standing further back, and on an Old Testament platform, but we have, in his knowledge of Isaiah's prophecies, and his familiarity with the sacrificial system of which that oracle foreshadowed the fulfilment, quite enough to account for the burning words in which he condensed the meaning of the ancient sacrifices, and saw them all transcended in the suffering Son of God. The author of 'Ecce Homo,' by identifying the "Lamb of God" with the imagery of <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23</a>, supposed that John saw, in the inward repose and spiritual joyfulness of Jesus, the power he would wield to take away the sin of the world. "He (John) was one of the dogs of the flock of Jehovah, Jesus was one of the Lambs of the good Shepherd." There is no hint whatever of these ideas in the psalm. This curiosity of exegesis has not secured any acceptance. Some difficulty has been felt in the fact that John should have made such progress in New Testament thought; but the experience through which John has passed during his contact with Jesus, the sentiment with which he found the Lord whom he sought coming to his baptism, the agony that he foresaw must follow the contact of such a One with the prejudices and sins of the people, above all, the mode in which our Lord was treating the current expectation of Messiah regarding its eagerly desired manifestations as temptations of the devil, flashed the whole of Isaiah's oracle into sudden splendour. He saw the Lamb already led to slaughter, and his blood upon the very door posts of every house; he saw him lifting, bearing, carrying away, the sin of the world, all impurity, transgression, and shame. His atoning sacrifice is already going on. The sins of mankind fall on the Holy One. He sees him pouring out his soul unto death, and making gentle intercession for his murderers; so in a glorious ecstasy he cries, "BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!" (see my 'John the Baptist,' ch. 6. § 2, pp. 369-386). <a href="/commentaries/john/1-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The Τῇ (Tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. next day ἐπαύριον (epaurion) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1887.htm">Strong's 1887: </a> Tomorrow. From epi and aurion; occurring on the succeeding day, i.e. to-morrow. [John] saw βλέπει (blepei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_991.htm">Strong's 991: </a> (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at. Jesus Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. coming ἐρχόμενον (erchomenon) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. toward πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. him αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. said, λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “Look, Ἴδε (Ide) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2400.htm">Strong's 2400: </a> See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo! the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lamb Ἀμνὸς (Amnos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_286.htm">Strong's 286: </a> A lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). Apparently a primary word; a lamb. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. takes away αἴρων (airōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sin ἁμαρτίαν (hamartian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world! κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/1-29.htm">NT Gospels: John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/1-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 1:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 1:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/1-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 1:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 1:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>