In Christianity, the lamb represents Christ as both suffering and triumphant; it is typically a sacrificial animal, and may also symbolize gentleness, innocence, and purity.
Luke 10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
The Lord Jesus referring to believers:
John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
The Lord Jesus is compared to a Lamb:
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.
John 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
Acts 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
The Lord Jesus in Glory (20 times):
Revelation 5:6,8,12,13, 6:1,16, 7:9,10,14,17, 13:8,11, 14:1,4,10, 15:3 17:14, 19:7,9, Revelation 21:9,14,22,23,27
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