Portal:Christianity/Selected picture/April 2007

Lamb of God (Latin: Agnus Dei) is one of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament and consequently in the Christian tradition. It is believed to refer to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb atoning for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices in which a lamb was slain during the passover, the blood was sprinkled along the door, and the lamb was eaten. It is first mentioned biblically in the Gospel of John, and is also a very prominent image in the Book of Revelation, where Jesus is referred to as Lamb twenty-eight times.