Reinterpreting the Participle ὁ αἴρων in John 1:29. A Proposal for “who carries”

Pogonowski, Jakub M.; Kozłowski, Jan M.

Reinterpreting the Participle ὁ αἴρων in John 1:29. A Proposal for “who carries”

dc.contributor.author	Pogonowski, Jakub M.
dc.contributor.author	Kozłowski, Jan M.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-14T11:42:16Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-14T11:42:16Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description.abstract	In John 1:29, John the Baptist, upon seeing Jesus, exclaims: ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου. Most prominent English translations render the Greek participle ὁ αἴρων in John 1:29 as “who takes away.” However, the authors of this article present evidence that John 1:29 contains an intertextual reference to the figure of the Servant of YHWH from Isa 53:7. In light of this, the proper interpretation of the participle ὁ αἴρων is better understood as “who takes up and bears. “Therefore, the proposed translation of John the Baptist’s words in John 1:29 is: “Behold, the Lamb of God who carries the sin of the world.”
dc.identifier.citation	"The Biblical Annals", 2024, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 663-669
dc.identifier.doi	10.31743/ba.17369
dc.identifier.issn	2451-2168
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/8150
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	KUL Publishing House
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Lamb of God
dc.subject	Jesus
dc.subject	John the Baptist
dc.subject	Gospel of John
dc.subject	Isaiah
dc.subject	the Suffering Servant
dc.title	Reinterpreting the Participle ὁ αἴρων in John 1:29. A Proposal for “who carries”
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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