Lamb: Death of Jesus

If the gospels are “passion narratives with long introductions,” then their accounts of the death of Jesus are the centerpieces of their works. Each gospel writer tells the story in his own way, not so much interpreting the events for us; rather, simply narrating them while inserting unique details here and there, according to their own unique interests. If there is one central theme that ties all four gospel accounts of the death of Jesus together, it is the idea that Jesus came into the world to be the perfect Lamb of God, to die as the substitute sacrifice for the sins of the world.