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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
As then The Word shows us His pre-eminence, and The Son His superiority in comparison with others, so "The Lamb, The Christ, that Prophet, the True Light, the Good Shepherd," and whatever other names are applied to Him with the addition of the article, mark a great difference. For there were many "Lambs," and "Prophets," and "Christs," and "sons," but from all these John separates Him by a wide interval. And this he secured not by the article only, but by the addition of "Only-Begotten"; for He had nothing in common with the creation.
Cyril of Alexandria
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples, and looking upon Jesus as He walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God, Which taketh away the sin of the world. Already had the blessed Baptist pointed Him out before; but lo, repeating again the same words, he points Jesus out to his disciples, and calls Him the Lamb of God, and says that He taketh away the sin of the world, all but bringing his hearers to remembrance of Him Who saith in the Prophets: I, even I, am He That blotteth out thy transgressions, and will not …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"Having seen," it says, "Jesus," that is, having before his eyes his joy about Jesus and the miracle, John said: "behold the Lamb."
Western Saints
Bede
The Lamb therefore he calls Him; for that He was about to give us freely His fleece, that we might make of it a wedding garment; i. e. would leave us an example of life, by which we should be warmed into love. (Hom. in Vigil. S. And.) The walking of Jesus has a reference to the economy of the Incarnation, by means of which He has condescended to come to us, and give us a pattern of life.
Thomas Aquinas
The manner of his testifying is presented as being certain, because based on sight. So he says, seeing Jesus walking by. Here it should be remarked that the prophets bore witness to Christ: "All the prophets bear witness to him" (Acts 10:43). So did the apostles as they traveled the world: "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the remotest parts of the world" (Acts 1:8). However, their testimony was not about a person then visible or present, but on one who was absent. …
Bonaventure
"And looking upon Jesus walking, he says: Behold, the Lamb of God": in distinction from the typical and paschal lamb. Therefore he calls him Lamb so that he might draw the disciples to himself through meekness; Matthew 11: "Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart." It should be noted that Christ was a man in the incarnation, on account of the perfection of wisdom; Zechariah 6: "Behold a man, the Orient is his name." A Lamb in the passion, on account of the meekness of patience; Isaiah 53: "He was led as a sheep to the …
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