John 1:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

The next day Iohn, seeth Iesus coming vnto him, and saith, Beholde that Lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Τῇ ἐπαύριον βλέπει ὁ Ἰωάννης τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει, Ἴδε ὁ Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου.

Transliteration

The next day blepei ho Iōannēs ton Iēsoun erchomenon pros auton, and legei, Ide the Amnos tou Theou, the one airōn the hamartian tou kosmou.

Grammar Details

• *blepei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular of *blepō* - sees
• *Iōannēs*: nominative masculine singular - John
• *Iēsoun*: accusative masculine singular - Jesus
• *erchomenon*: present middle/passive participle, accusative masculine singular of *erchomai* - coming
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - toward/to
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
• *legei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular of *legō* - says
• *Ide*: aorist active imperative 2nd person singular of *eidon* - behold/look
• *Amnos*: nominative masculine singular - Lamb
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *airōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular of *airō* - taking away/removing
• *hamartian*: accusative feminine singular - sin
• *kosmou*: genitive masculine singular - of world

Word Meanings

• *blepei*: sees/perceives/observes
• *erchomenon*: coming/approaching
• *pros*: toward/to/with
• *Ide*: behold/look/see
• *Amnos*: Lamb (sacrificial imagery)
• *airōn*: taking away/removing/lifting up
• *hamartian*: sin/wrongdoing/missing the mark
• *kosmou*: world/universe/mankind

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.
• Acts 8:32 : 32 Nowe the place of the Scripture which he read, was this, Hee was lead as a sheepe to the slaughter: and like a lambe domme before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.
• 1 John 3:5 : 5 And ye knowe that hee was made manifest, that he might take away our sinnes, and in him is no sinne.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world.
• Rev 5:6 : 6 Then I behelde, and loe, in the middes of the throne, & of the foure beasts, and in the mids of the Elders, stoode a Labe as though he had bene killed, which had seuen hornes, & seuen eyes, which are the seuen spirites of God, sent into all the world.
• Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken ye Booke, ye foure beasts and the foure & twenty Elders fel downe before the Lambe, hauing euery one harps & golden vials full of odours, which are the praiers of the Saintes,
• John 1:36 : 36 And he behelde Iesus walking by, and said, Beholde that Lambe of God.
• Isa 53:7 : 7 Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.
• Matt 1:21 : 21 And she shall bring foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesvs: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes.
• Rev 6:1 : 1 After, I beheld whe the Lambe had opened one of the seales, & I heard one of the foure beastes say, as it were the noise of thunder, Come and see.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
• Isa 53:11 : 11 Hee shall see of the trauaile of his soule, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous seruant iustifie many: for hee shall beare their iniquities.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christ, which is that faithful witnes, and that first begotten of the dead, & that Prince of the Kings of the earth, vnto him that loued vs, & washed vs from our sinnes in his blood,
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we being dead to sinne, should liue in righteousnesse: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightnes of the glory, and the ingraued forme of his person, and bearing vp all things by his mightie worde, hath by himselfe purged our sinnes, and sitteth at the right hand of the Maiestie in the highest places,
• Gal 1:4 : 4 Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Lawe, made a curse for vs, ( for it is written, Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree)
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gaue himselfe a ransome for all men, to be that testimonie in due time,
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gaue him selfe for vs, that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe, zealous of good woorkes.
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Wherefore in all things it behoued him to be made like vnto his brethren, that hee might be mercifull, and a faithfull hie Priest in things concerning God, that he might make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many, and vnto them that looke for him, shall he appeare the second time without sinne vnto saluation.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, and was put to death concerning the flesh, but was quickened by the spirit.
• Rev 5:12-13 : 12 Saying with a loude voice, Worthie is the Lambe that was killed to receiue power, & riches, & wisdome, & strength, & honour, & glory, and praise. 13 And al the creatures which are in heauen, and on the earth, and vnder the earth, and in the sea, and al that are in them, heard I, saying, Praise, & honour, and glory, and power be vnto him, that sitteth vpon the throne, and vnto the Lambe for euermore.
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 (14:3) Take vnto you words, & turne to the Lord, and say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue vs graciously: so wil we render the calues of our lippes.
• Num 18:23 : 23 But the Leuites shal do the seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shal beare their sinne: it is a law for euer in your generations, that among the children of Israel they possesse none inheritance.
• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
• Acts 13:39 : 39 And from al things, from which ye could not be iustified by the Law of Moses, by him euery one that beleeueth, is iustified.
• 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes, according to the Scriptures,
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, which knewe no sinne, that we should be made the righteousnesse of God in him.
• Rev 6:16 : 16 And said to the mountaines & rocks, Fal on vs, and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lambe.
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these thinges I behelde, and loe a great multitude, which no man coulde number, of all nations and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stoode before the throne, and before the Lambe, clothed with long white robes, and palmes in their hands. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Saluation commeth of our God, that sitteth vpon the throne, and of the Lambe.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I saide vnto him, Lorde, thou knowest; he saide to me, These are they, which came out of great tribulation, and haue washed their long robes, and haue made their long robes white in the blood of the Lambe.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lambe, which is in the middes of the throne, shall gouerne them, and shall leade them vnto the liuely fountaines of waters, and God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 But they ouercame him by that blood of that Lambe, and by that worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their liues vnto the death.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 Therefore all that dwell vpon the earth, shall worship him, whose names are not written in the booke of life of that Lambe, which was slaine from the beginning of the world.
• Rev 14:1 : 1 Then I looked, and lo, a Lambe stood on mount Sion, and with him an hundreth, fourtie and foure thousand, hauing his Fathers Name written in their foreheads.
• Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they, which are not defiled with women: for they are virgins: these followe the Lambe whithersoeuer he goeth: these are bought from men, being the first fruites vnto God, and to the Lambe.
• Rev 14:10 : 10 The same shall drinke of the wine of ye wrath of God, yea, of the pure wine, which is powred into the cup of his wrath, and he shalbe tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy Angels, and before the Lambe.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sung the song of Moses the seruant of God, & the song of the Lambe, saying, Great and marueilous are thy workes, Lord God almightie: iust and true are thy wayes, King of Saints.
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall fight with the Lambe, and the Lambe shall ouercome them: for he is Lorde of Lordes, and King of Kings: and they that are on his side, called, and chosen, and faithfull.
• Rev 19:7 : 7 Let vs be glad and reioyce, and giue glory to him: for the marriage of that Lambe is come, and his wife hath made her selfe ready.
• Rev 19:9 : 9 Then he said vnto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called vnto the Lambes supper; he said vnto me, These wordes of God are true.
• Rev 21:9 : 9 And there came vnto mee one of the seuen Angels, which had the seuen vials full of the seuen last plagues, and talked with mee, saying, Come: I will shewe thee the bride, the Lambes wife.
• Rev 21:14 : 14 And the wall of the citie had twelue foundations, and in them the Names of the Lambes twelue Apostles.
• Rev 21:22-23 : 22 And I sawe no Temple therein: for the Lorde God almightie and the Lambe are the Temple of it. 23 And this citie hath no neede of the sunne, neither of the moone to shine in it: for the glorie of God did light it: and the Lambe is the light of it.
• Rev 21:27-22:3 : 27 And there shall enter into it none vncleane thing, neither whatsoeuer woorketh abomination or lies: but they which are written in ye Lambes booke of life. 1 And hee shewed me a pure riuer of water of life, cleare as crystall, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lambe. 2 In the middes of the street of it, and of either side of ye riuer, was the tree of life, which bare twelue maner of fruits, and gaue fruit euery moneth: and the leaues of the tree serued to heale the nations with. 3 And there shalbe no more curse, but ye throne of God and of the Lambe shall be in it, and his seruants shall serue him.
• Exod 12:3-9 : 3 Speake ye vnto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this moneth let euery man take vnto him a lambe, according to the house of the fathers, a lambe for an house. 4 And if the housholde be too litle for the lambe, he shall take his neighbour, which is next vnto his house, according to the nomber of the persons: euery one of you, according to his eating shall make your count for the lambes, 5 Your lambe shalbe without blemish, a male of a yeere olde: ye shall take it of the lambes, or of the kiddes. 6 And yee shall keepe it vntill the fourteenth day of this moneth: then al the multitude of the Congregation of Israel shall kill it at euen. 7 After, they shall take of the blood, & strike it on the two postes, and on the vpper doore post of the houses where they shall eate it. 8 And they shal eate the flesh the same night, roste with fire, and vnleauened bread: with sowre herbes they shall eate it. 9 Eate not thereof rawe, boyled nor sodden in water, but rost with fire, both his head, his feete, and his purtenance. 10 And ye shal reserue nothing of it vnto the morning: but that, which remaineth of it vnto the morowe, shall ye burne with fire. 11 And thus shall yee eate it, Your loynes girded, your shoes on your feete, and your staues in your handes, and yee shall eate it in haste: for it is the Lords Passeouer. 12 For I will passe through the lande of Egypt the same night, and will smite all the first borne in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute iudgement vpon all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shalbe a toke for you vpon the houses where ye are: so when I see the blood, I will passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destruction, when I smite the lande of Egypt.
• Exod 28:38 : 38 So it shalbe vpon Aarons forehead, that Aaron may beare the iniquitie of the offrings, which the children of Israel shall offer in all their holy offrings: and it shall be alwayes vpon his forehead, to make them acceptable before the Lorde.
• Lev 16:21-22 : 21 And Aaron shal put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate, & confesse ouer him al the iniquities of the children of Israel, & all their trespasses, in all their sinnes, putting them vpon the head of the goate, & shal sende him away (by the hand of a man appointed) into the wildernes. 22 So the goate shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the land that is not inhabited, & he shal let the goate go into the wildernesse.
• Num 18:1 : 1 And the Lord sayd vnto Aaron, Thou, and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: both thou and thy sonnes with thee shal beare the iniquitie of your Priestes office.
• Lev 10:17 : 17 Wherfore haue ye not eaten the sinne offring in the holy place, seeing it is most Holie? & God hath giuen it you, to beare the iniquitie of the Congregation, to make an atonement for them before the Lorde.
• Num 28:3-9 : 3 Also thou shalt say vnto them, This is the offring made by fire which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde, two lambes of a yeere olde without spot, daily, for a continuall burnt offring. 4 One lambe shalt thou prepare in the morning, and the other lambe shalt thou prepare at euen. 5 And the tenth part of an Ephah of fine floure for a meate offering mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle. 6 This shalbe a daily burnt offering, as was made in the mount Sinai for a sweete sauour: it is a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 7 And the drinke offring thereof the fourth part of an Hin for one lambe: in the holy place cause to powre the drinke offring vnto the Lord. 8 And the other lambe thou shalt prepare at euen: as the meate offring of the morning, and as the drinke offering thereof shalt thou prepare this for an offring made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lorde. 9 But on the Sabbath day ye shall offer two lambes of a yere old, without spot, & two tenth deales of fine floure for a meate offring mingled with oyle, and the drinke offring thereof. 10 This is ye burnt offring of euery Sabbath, beside the continuall burnt offring, and drinke offring thereof.
• Gen 22:7-8 : 7 Then spake Izhak vnto Abraham his father, and said, My father; he answered, Here am I, my sonne; he said, Behold the fire & the wood, but where is the lambe for ye burnt offring? 8 Then Abraham answered, My sonne, God will prouide him a lambe for a burnt offering: so they went both together.