Jesus as Lamb of God

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Christian theological concept Christological title

Jesus as Lamb of God is a Christological title that portrays Jesus as the sacrificial lamb whose death brings redemption and deliverance from sin.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Christ as Lamb of God	1
Christ as Paschal Lamb	1
Christ as sacrificial lamb	1
Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God	1
Jesus as Lamb of God canonical	1
Jesus as Redeemer	1
Jesus as Savior	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2283323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jesus as Lamb of God
Context triple: [Johannine community, viewOfJesus, Jesus as Lamb of God]

A. The Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ is a widely influential theological book by John Stott that explores the meaning, necessity, and implications of Jesus’ crucifixion for Christian faith and life.
B. Incarnation of Christ
The Incarnation of Christ is the Christian belief that the eternal Son of God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.
C. Demonstration of the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel is a major apologetic and theological work by Eusebius of Caesarea that argues for the truth of Christianity using Old Testament prophecies and historical evidence.
D. Priesthood of Jesus
The Priesthood of Jesus refers to the Christian theological concept that Jesus Christ serves as the ultimate and eternal high priest who mediates between God and humanity, fulfilling and surpassing the Old Testament priesthood.
E. Son of God
"Son of God" is a central Christian theological concept referring to Jesus Christ’s divine sonship and relationship to God the Father.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jesus as Lamb of God
Target entity description: Jesus as Lamb of God is a Christological title that portrays Jesus as the sacrificial lamb whose death brings redemption and deliverance from sin.

A. The Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ is a widely influential theological book by John Stott that explores the meaning, necessity, and implications of Jesus’ crucifixion for Christian faith and life.
B. Incarnation of Christ
The Incarnation of Christ is the Christian belief that the eternal Son of God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.
C. Demonstration of the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel is a major apologetic and theological work by Eusebius of Caesarea that argues for the truth of Christianity using Old Testament prophecies and historical evidence.
D. Priesthood of Jesus
The Priesthood of Jesus refers to the Christian theological concept that Jesus Christ serves as the ultimate and eternal high priest who mediates between God and humanity, fulfilling and surpassing the Old Testament priesthood.
E. Son of God
"Son of God" is a central Christian theological concept referring to Jesus Christ’s divine sonship and relationship to God the Father.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological concept ⓘ Christological title ⓘ
contrastsWith	Christ as Lion of Judah ⓘ linked to: Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah
emphasizes	Christ’s role as redeemer ⓘ Christ’s role as sacrificial victim ⓘ
hasSourceText	Gospel of John ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme	atonement ⓘ deliverance from sin ⓘ innocence ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ purity ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ substitutionary death ⓘ
isAffirmedBy	many historic Christian creeds and confessions ⓘ
isAlsoNamedIn	John 1:36 ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	Revelation 14 ⓘ linked to: Book of Revelation Revelation 21 ⓘ linked to: Revelation Revelation 22 ⓘ linked to: Book of Revelation Revelation 5 ⓘ linked to: Book of Revelation Revelation 7 ⓘ linked to: Book of Revelation
isCentralTo	Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian soteriology ⓘ Eucharistic theology ⓘ
isDepictedIn	Christian art ⓘ Christian hymnody ⓘ Christian iconography ⓘ
isDevelopedIn	Book of Revelation ⓘ
isFirstExplicitlyNamedIn	John 1:29 ⓘ
isInvokedIn	Agnus Dei liturgical prayer ⓘ
isLinkedTo	Isaiah 53 ⓘ Isaiah’s Suffering Servant ⓘ linked to: Suffering servant Old Testament sacrificial system ⓘ Passover in Exodus ⓘ Temple sacrifices ⓘ
isProclaimedBy	John the Baptist ⓘ
isVeneratedIn	Anglicanism ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly) Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheranism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ linked to: Protestant Christianity Reformed traditions ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
refersTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ
symbolizes	Christ’s self-giving love ⓘ Passover lamb ⓘ reconciliation between God and humanity ⓘ sacrificial lamb ⓘ sin offering ⓘ vicarious suffering ⓘ

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