The Lamb

CPDV · Genesis 22:1–18 · verified

^22:1After these things occurred, God tested Abraham, and he said to him, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he answered, “Here I am.

^22:2He said to him: “Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you.

^22:3And so Abraham, getting up in the night, harnessed his donkey, taking with him two youths, and his son Isaac. And when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he traveled toward the place, as God had instructed him

^22:4Then, on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place at a distance

CPDV · Exodus 12:1–14 · verified

^12:1The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt

^12:2“This month will be for you the beginning of the months. It will be first in the months of the year

^12:3Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month, let everyone take a lamb, by their families and houses

^12:4But if the number is less than may suffice to be able to consume the lamb, he shall accept his neighbor, who has been joined with his house according to the number of souls that may suffice to be able to eat the lamb

CPDV · Isaiah 53:3–12 · verified

^53:3He is despised and the least among men, a man of sorrows who knows infirmity. And his countenance was hidden and despised. Because of this, we did not esteem him

^53:4Truly, he has taken away our weaknesses, and he himself has carried our sorrows. And we thought of him as if he were a leper, or as if he had been struck by God and humiliated

^53:5But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed

^53:6We have all gone astray like sheep; each one has turned aside to his own way. And the Lord has placed all our iniquity upon him

CPDV · Wisdom 2:12–20 · verified

^2:12Therefore, let us encircle the just, because he is useless to us, and he is against our works, and he reproaches us with our legal offenses, and makes known to us the sins of our way of life

^2:13He promises that he has the knowledge of God and he calls himself the son of God

^2:14He was made among us to expose our very thoughts

^2:15He is grievous for us even to behold, for his life is unlike other men’s lives, and immutable are his ways

CPDV · John 1:29 · verified

^1:29On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: “Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world

CPDV · John 19:24–37 · verified

^19:24Then they said to one another, “Let us not cut it, but instead let us cast lots over it, to see whose it will be.” This was so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, saying: “They have distributed my garments among themselves, and for my vesture they have cast lots.” And indeed, the soldiers did these things

^19:25And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene

^19:26Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.

^19:27Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own

CPDV · 1 Corinthians 5:7–8 · verified

^5:7Purge the old leaven, so that you may become the new bread, for you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, has now been immolated

^5:8And so, let us feast, not with the old leaven, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth