John 1:36

Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ¹ 

Isa 45:22; Isa 65:1,2; Joh 1:29; Heb 12:2; 1Pe 1:19,20

¹ sn This section (1:35-51) is joined to the preceding by the literary expedient of repeating the Baptist’s testimony about Jesus being the Lamb of God (1:36, cf. 1:29). This repeated testimony (1:36) no longer has revelatory value in itself, since it has been given before; its purpose, instead, is to institute a chain reaction which will bring John the Baptist’s disciples to Jesus and make them Jesus’ own disciples.