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John the Baptist’s Testimony to Jesus. 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God,[a] who takes away the sin of the world.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:29 The Lamb of God: the background for this title may be the victorious apocalyptic lamb who would destroy evil in the world (Rev 5–7; 17:14); the paschal lamb, whose blood saved Israel (Ex 12); and/or the suffering servant led like a lamb to the slaughter as a sin-offering (Is 53:7, 10).

John Testifies About Jesus

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(A) who takes away the sin of the world!(B)

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36 and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:36 John the Baptist’s testimony makes his disciples’ following of Jesus plausible.

36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(A)

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