lamb of god, n.All

The Lamb of God (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Gospel's word for scapegoat, with the goat's loathsome connotations replaced by a lamb's innocence and the causelessness of hatred.