John 1:29-31
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”
A lamb is a sacrifice. Jesus was sacrificed to atone, to completely pay, for all our sin against God. So when John announced that Jesus was God's lamb come to take away sin, he already told of His crucifixion and death in our place. John knew he was a messenger come to turn people to God when He came among us, so he baptized and waited for Jesus to be revealed. Then he faded back to yield to the Lamb of God.
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