1 Peter 1:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ τιμίῳ αἵματι ὡς ἀμνοῦ, ἀμώμου καὶ ἀσπίλου Χριστοῦ:

Transliteration

But with timiō haimati as of amnou, amōmou and aspilou Christou:

Grammar Details

• *timiō*: dative, neuter, singular - means/instrument
• *haimati*: dative, neuter, singular - means/instrument
• *amnou*: genitive, masculine, singular - comparison
• *amōmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - attributive
• *aspilou*: genitive, masculine, singular - attributive
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - apposition/identification

Word Meanings

• *timiō*: precious/valuable/costly
• *haimati*: blood/bloodshed
• *amnou*: lamb/sheep
• *amōmou*: unblemished/without defect/flawless
• *aspilou*: spotless/unstained/without blemish
• *Christou*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, {G299} even the blood of Christ:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  but with the precious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and withouten spot

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but with the precious bloude of Christ, as of an innocet and vndefyled lambe,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood of Christ;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, `even the blood' of Christ:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

• World English Bible (2000)

  but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

Referenced Verses

• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
• Exod 12:5 : 5 Your lamb must be an unblemished male, a year old; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
• John 1:36 : 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!'
• 1 Pet 2:22-24 : 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly. 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• Col 1:14 : 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
• Heb 9:12-14 : 12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
• Rev 5:6 : 6 Then I saw a Lamb, standing as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
• Acts 8:32-35 : 32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.' 33 In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth. 34 The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?' 35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
• 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
• Isa 53:7 : 7 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 its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
• Matt 26:28 : 28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'
• Rev 14:1 : 1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had His Father's name written on their foreheads.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
• 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.