[Greek: Arnion] and [Greek: amnos] both denote a lamb. In John i. 29. 36.,
the latter is applied to Jesus by John the {25} Baptist. In Acts viii. 32.,
and 1 Pet. i. 19., the term is manifestly derived from Isa. liii. 7., the
Septuagint translation. But, in the Revelation, the word selected by the
apostle is simply to be viewed as characteristic of his style. Taken in
connexion with John i. 29. 36., the difference presents one of those points
which so strikingly attest the authenticity of the Scripture. If the writer
had drawn upon his imagination, in all likelihood he would have used the
word [Greek: arnion] in the Gospel; but he employed another, because the
Baptist actually made use of a different one, _i. e._ one different from
that which he was in the habit of employing.