John 1:29 (WEB)
The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Catechism · 6
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy
“It then shows the Lamb, "standing, as though it had been slain": Christ crucified and risen, the one high priest of the true sanctuary, the same one "who offers and is offered, who gives and is given."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 5:6; Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Anaphora; cf. Jn 1:29; Heb 4:14-15; 10:19-2.
The Anointing of the Sick
“On the cross Christ took upon himself the whole weight of evil and took away the "sin of the world,"” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29; cf. Isa 53:4-6.
The Fall
“The consequences of original sin and of all men's personal sins put the world as a whole in the sinful condition aptly described in St. John's expression, "the sin of the world".” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“He allows himself to be numbered among sinners; he is already "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29; cf. Is 53:12.
Jesus Died Crucified
“After 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".” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29; cf. Lk 3:21; Mt 3:14-15; Jn 1:36.
“Christ's death is both the Paschal sacrifice that accomplishes the definitive redemption of men, through "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world",” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29; cf. 8:34-36; 1 Cor 5:7; 2 Pt 1:19.
Fathers and councils · 62
Irenaeus of Lyons
“This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man who was made before me; because He was prior to me: and of His fulness have all we received.”” — editor's note: John i. 29, John i. 15, 16.
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Tertullian
“Then, again, when He is designated by John (the Baptist) as “the Lamb of God,” He is not described as Himself the same with Him of whom He is the beloved Son.” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment““He was,” He says, “the burning and shining lamp;” as being he who not merely “prepared His ways in the desert,” but withal, by pointing out “the Lamb of God,” illumined the minds of men by his heralding, so that they understood Him to be that Lamb whom Moses was wont to announce as destined to suffer.” — editor's note: See John i. 29, 36.
Read the whole comment“…prophecy—so completely failed, after the transfer of the whole Spirit to the Lord, that he presently sent to inquire whether He whom he had himself preached, whom he had pointed out when coming to him, were “HE.”” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 11, 12; John i. 6–36.
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John Damascene
“Since our Lord Jesus Christ was without sin (for He committed no sin, He Who took away the sin of the world, nor was there any deceit found in His mouth) He was not subject to death, since death came into the world through sin.” — editor's note: Is. liii. 9; St. John i. 29.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But Luke, as rather describing Him as a Priest for the atonement of sin, gives Christ’s genealogy not in the beginning of his Gospel, but at His baptism, when John bare that testimony, “Lo, He that taketh away the sins of the world.” [John 1:29]” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“He is also Asa [ed. note, e: So Jerome; as if from נשׂא = נסא; but אסא means a physician], that is, ‘lifting up,’ according to that, “Who taketh away the sins of the world.” [John 1:29]” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“He is called a Way, not one trodden by feet, but leading to the Father in heaven; He is called a Sheep, not an irrational one, but the one which through its precious blood cleanses the world from its sins, which is led before the shearers, and knows when to be silent.” — editor's note: Ib. i. 29; Is. liii. 7, 8; Acts viii. 32.
Read the whole comment“Further; if the lamb under Moses drove the destroyer far away, did not much rather the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world, deliver us from our sins?” — editor's note: John i. 29.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Eran.—Because John called the Lord “a lamb,” and Isaiah called Him “lamb” and “sheep.”” — editor's note: John i. 29, 36
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…taketh away the sins of the world might be evidently set forth, as John speaks concerning Him: “Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!”” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“The Saviour was manifested as a lamb; so he too, in like manner, will appear as a lamb, though within he is a wolf.” — editor's note: John i. 29.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For it was of Him that it was said: “Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him Who taketh away the sin of the world.”” — editor's note: The reff. in §§ 30 and 31 are to S. John vii. 12 and i. 29.
Read the whole comment“…is to say, for every man, He was made sin, and a curse, that for me and in me was He humbled and made subject, that for me He is the Lamb, the Vine, the Rock, the Servant, the Son of an handmaid, knowing not the day of judgment, for my sake ignorant of the day and the hour.” — editor's note: S. John i. 29, 36; xv. 1; 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“Not without the Father does He work; not without His Father’s Will did He offer Himself for that most holy Passion, the Victim slain for the salvation of the whole world; not without His Father’s Will concurring did He raise the dead to life.” — editor's note: Heb. x. 10–12; S. John iii. 16, 17; i. 29.
Read the whole comment“And so he bowed down seven times, which is the number of remission, for he was not bowing down to man, but to Him Whom he foresaw in the Spirit, as hereafter to come in human flesh to take away the sins of the world.” — editor's note: S. John i. 29.
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Augustine of Hippo
“What likeness does the “lamb” bear to our Saviour, or what “the lion” to the strength of the Only-Begotten?” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“If Christ were really a Stone, He could not be a Lion; if a Lion, He could not be a Lamb: but He is called both Lion, and Lamb, and Stone, and Calf, and anything else of the sort, metaphorically, because He is neither Stone, nor Lion, nor Lamb, nor Calf, but Jesus Christ, the Saviour of…” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“…voice from heaven declared Him, and where John himself delivered his testimony in these terms: “Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!”” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“And yet let them learn, not from those unto whom Thou forgivest sins, but from Thee Thyself, The Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world, in that Thou art “meek and lowly of heart.”” — editor's note: John i. 29
Read the whole comment“…in the same way as we call the Son both God and man; nor as we call the Son the Lamb of God; which not only John the Baptist says, “Behold the Lamb of God,” but also John the Evangelist sees the Lamb slain in the Apocalypse.” — editor's note: John i. 29
Read the whole comment“Wherefore, being warned by the magnitude of so great an evil, they ought to follow the Lamb that taketh away the sins of the world.” — editor's note: John i. 29
Read the whole comment“John saw the Lord; he saw Him, pointed his finger toward Him, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world;” behold, here He is.” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“For John had said of the Lord, “Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!”” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“…born, that Simeon by the Holy Spirit recognized Him; that Anna the widow, a prophetess, also recognized Him; that John, who baptized Him, recognized Him; that Zacharias, being filled with the Holy Ghost, said many things; that Mary herself received the Holy Ghost to conceive the Lord.” — editor's note: John i. 26–34.
Read the whole comment“Ask the friend of the bridegroom: “Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.”” — editor's note: Chap. i. 29.
Read the whole comment“…Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him out when He was present to the recognition of others;—I say nothing of these, as it might be replied that He ought not to have prayed for such when dead, who had gone hence with their great merits, and having met…” — editor's note: Chap. i. 19–36, and iii. 26–36.
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John Chrysostom
“John i. 28, 29” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And yet John at an earlier period alluded to it by calling Him “Lamb.” ( c. i. 29.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wherefore he again cried out, saying, “Behold the Lamb of God, which beareth the sin of the world.”” — editor's note: John i. 29; Engl. Vers. in marg. [So R.V. marg. The Greek phrase is ὁ αρων, “he that taketh up.”—R.]
Read the whole comment“He said not, “He did them away,” but “He took and bare them;” which seems to me to be spoken rather of sins, by the prophet, in harmony with John, where he saith, “Behold the Lamb of God, that beareth the sin of the world.”” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“Didst thou not teach all the people, that “He should baptize them with the Holy Ghost and with fire?”and that He “is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world?”” — editor's note: John i. 29. [R.V., “Or, beareth the sin,” etc.]
Read the whole comment“For of Him John had said, “I am not worthy to loose the latchet of His shoe;” and, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world;” and, “This is the Son of God;”and, “He that cometh from above is above all;”and, “His fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor.”” — editor's note: John i. 27, 29, 34.
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Jerome
“While they were keeping their sheep they found the Lamb of God; whose fleece bright and clean was made wet with the dew of heaven when it was dry upon all the earth beside, and whose blood when sprinkled on the doorposts drove off the destroyer of Egypt and took away the sins of the world.” — editor's note: Joh. i. 29.
Read the whole comment“When John the Baptist points to Christ and says: “Behold the lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world” he utters a falsehood if after all there are persons living whose sins Christ has not taken away.” — editor's note: Joh. i. 29.
Read the whole comment“He who used to say,“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world”: I say too little, he who from his mother’s womb cried out,“And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come unto me,” did he not give the Holy Ghost?” — editor's note: John i. 29.
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Leo the Great
“…the slaughter of many lambs was ended by the offering up of Him, of whom it is said, “Behold the Lamb of God; behold Him that taketh away the sin of the world;” so too John, not Christ, but Christ’s forerunner, not the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, was so faithful in seeking, “not His own, but the…” — editor's note: S. John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“Without the power of the Word the Father’s voice uttered from the sky would not have said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:” and without the reality of the flesh John would not have been able to point to Him and say: “Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him that beareth away the sins of the world.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 29: the repetition of the Ecce (behold) is in accordance with the old Latin versions: cf. Westcott in loc.
Read the whole comment“…and the one offering of Thy Body and Blood fulfils all those different victims: for Thou art the true “Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,” and in Thyself so accomplishest all mysteries, that as there is but one sacrifice instead of many victims, so there is but one kingdom instead of many…” — editor's note: S. John i. 29.
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Basil the Great
“But the sin of Lamech requires for its cure not a Flood, but Him Who Himself takes away the sin of the world.” — editor's note: John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“He proclaims the renewal of the Temple, the observance of the worship of the Law, a typical high priest over again after the real High Priest, and a sacrifice for sins after the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world.” — editor's note: John i. 29.
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John Cassian
“But it does not lie in the power of a man to redeem his people from the captivity of sin,—a thing which is only possible for Him of whom it is said, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 29.
Read the whole comment“But it was by the mighty evidence of signs, by mighty results of actions, by the words of the Truth Himself that he was driven to suspect and examine into this matter: inasmuch as he had already once heard from John: “Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who taketh away the sin of the world.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 29.
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Clement of Alexandria
“To this child additional testimony is borne by John, “the greatest prophet among those born of women:” Behold the Lamb of God!”” — editor's note: John i. 29, 36.
Read the whole comment“For not small is “the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world,” who “was led as a sheep to the slaughter,” the sacrifice full of marrow, all whose fat, according to the sacred law, was the Lord’s.” — editor's note: John i. 29.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the Gospel: “On the next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, and behold Him that taketh away the sins of the world!”” — editor's note: John i. 29.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
After this testimony, Jesus is seen coming to John, not only persevering in his confession, but also advanced in goodness: as is intimated by the second day. Wherefore it is said, The next day John seeth Jesus coming…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Or; Matthew relates directly Christ’s coming to His baptism, John His coming a second time subsequent to His baptism, as appears from what follows: I saw the Spirit descending, &c. The Evangelists have divided the…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
If the Lamb of God is innocent, and John is the lamb, must he not be innocent? But all men come of that stock of which David sings sorrowing, Behold, I was conceived in wickedness. (Ps. 51:5) He then alone was the…
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But whereas five kinds of animals are offered in the temple, three beasts of the field, a calf, a sheep, and a goat; and two fowls of the air, a turtle dove and a pigeon; and of the sheep kind three are introduced,…
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He is called the Lamb of God, because God the Father accepted His death for our salvation, or, in other words, because He delivered Him up to death for our sakes. For just as we say, This is the offering of such a…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
But then only will sin be entirely taken away from the human race, when our corruption has been turned to a glorious incorruption. We cannot be free from sin, so long as we are held in the death of the body.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Why does he say the sin of the world, not sins? Because he wished to express sin universally: just as we say commonly, that man was cast out of paradise; meaning the whole human race.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on John
Or by the sin of the world is meant original sin, which is common to the whole world: which original sin, as well as the sins of every one individually, Christ by His grace remits.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
For He Who took not sin from our nature, He it is Who taketh away our sin. Some say, We take away the sins of men, because we are holy; for if he, who baptizes, is not holy, how can he take away the other’s sin,…
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As there was a connexion between the other sacrifices of the law, and the daily sacrifice of the lamb, in the same way the sacrifice of this Lamb has its reflexion in the pouring out of the blood of the Martyrs, by…
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John having said above to those who came from the Pharisees, that there stood one among them whom they knew not, he here points Him out to the persons thus ignorant: This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
He cometh after me, because he was born after me: He is made before me, because He is preferred to me.
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
He explains the reason of this superiority, in what follows: For He was before me; as if his meaning was; And this is the reason of His being superior to me, though born after me, viz. that He is not circumscribed by…
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Attend, O Arius. He saith not, He was created before me, but He was before me. Let the false sect of Paul of Samosata attend. They will see that He did not derive His original existence from Mary; for if He derived…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
That He might not seem however to give His testimony from any motive of friendship or kindred, in consequence of his being related to our Lord according to the flesh, he says, I knew Him not. John could not of course…
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Now when our Lord became known, it was unnecessary to prepare a way for Him; for to those who knew Him, He became His own way. And therefore John’s baptism did not last long, but only so long as to shew our Lord’s…
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