What Does “Lamb of God” Mean in the Bible?
Title
That is what John the Baptist called Jesus. Like the Passover lamb, Jesus gives his life to take away sin.
A detail
- At Mass: before Communion, the “Lamb of God” is sung or prayed.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 1:29
What the Bible says
John 1:29
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 608; GIRM 83; John 1:29