John 1:36
New International Version
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

New Living Translation
As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!”

English Standard Version
and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

Berean Standard Bible
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

Berean Literal Bible
And having looked at Jesus walking, he says, "Behold the Lamb of God!"

King James Bible
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

New King James Version
And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

New American Standard Bible
and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

NASB 1995
and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

NASB 1977
and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

Legacy Standard Bible
and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

Amplified Bible
and he looked at Jesus as He walked along, and said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”

Christian Standard Bible
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”

American Standard Version
and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he gazed upon Yeshua as he was walking and said: “Behold: The Lamb of God.”

Contemporary English Version
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, "Here is the Lamb of God!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God.

English Revised Version
and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
John saw Jesus walk by. John said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God."

Good News Translation
when he saw Jesus walking by. "There is the Lamb of God!" he said.

International Standard Version
As he watched Jesus walk by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

Literal Standard Version
and having looked on Jesus walking, he says, “Behold, the Lamb of God”;

Majority Standard Bible
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

New American Bible
and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”

NET Bible
Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

New Revised Standard Version
and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!”

New Heart English Bible
and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Look, the Lamb of God."

Webster's Bible Translation
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

Weymouth New Testament
when he saw Jesus passing by, and said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"

World English Bible
and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

Young's Literal Translation
and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God;'

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Context
The First Disciples
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.…

Cross References
Genesis 22:7
Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" "Here I am, my son," he replied. "The fire and the wood are here," said Isaac, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:37
And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.


Treasury of Scripture

And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God!

Behold.

John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Isaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Isaiah 65:1,2
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name…

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(36) And looking upon.--Better, and he looked upon Jesus as He was walking, and saith. The word "looked upon" expresses a fixed, earnest gaze. (Comp. John 1:42; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:21; Mark 10:27; &c.) At this look, all the old thoughts in their fulness come crowding back. Yes. It is He. "Behold the Lamb of God!"

Verse 36. - And steadfastly regarding (see Mark 10:21, 27; Luke 20:17; Luke 22:61) - with eager and penetrating glance, as though something might be learned from his slightest movements - Jesus as he walked; "walked," not towards John, as on the previous day, but in some opposite direction. This implies that their relative functions were not identical, and not to be confounded. This is the last time when the Baptist and the Christ were together, and the sublime meekness of John, and his surrender of all primary claims to deference, throw light on the unspeakable and gentle dignity of Jesus. He saith, Behold the Lamb of God. The simple phrase, without further exposition, implies that he was recalling to their minds the mighty appellation which he had bestowed upon the Saviour on the previous day, with all the additional interpretation of the term with which it had then been accompanied. The brevity of the cry here marks the emphasis which it bore, and the rich associations it already conveyed. The testimony to the method by which John had, at least in part, arrived at the conclusion is very remarkable. Jesus would not have fulfilled in John's mind the prophetic oracle of the Divine Lamb, or the sacrificial offering for the sin of the world, if steps had not been taken to convince John that he was the veritable Son of God. No mere human nature, but only that humanity which was an incarnation of the Eternal Logos, and filled with the abiding of the Holy Spirit, could be God's Lamb. Cf. here the remarkable fact that it was when the disciples had learned more clearly and grasped more firmly the idea of his Divine sonship that the Lord repeatedly proceeded to explain to them the approach of his sacrificial sufferings and death. As Son of God, he must die for man (Matthew 16:21; Luke 9:22, 43, 44; John 16:29-32).

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Greek
When
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he saw
ἐμβλέψας (emblepsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1689: From en and blepo; to look on, i.e. to observe fixedly, or to discern clearly.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

walking by,
περιπατοῦντι (peripatounti)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

he said,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Look,
Ἴδε (Ide)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lamb
Ἀμνὸς (Amnos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 286: A lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). Apparently a primary word; a lamb.

of God!”
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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