He was the priest and the sacrifice. According to Dictionary.com vic·tim [vik-tim] Show IPA noun 1. a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident. 2. a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler; a victim of an optical illusion. 3. a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims. 4. a living creature sacrificed in religious rites. Origin: 1490–1500; < Latin victima sacrificial animal Or according to Merriam Webster Definition of VICTIM 1 : a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious rite 2 : one that is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent : as a (1) : one that is injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of various conditions (2) : one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment b : one that is tricked or duped He lay down His life, that we might have eternal life in heaven, a place closed to us since the sin of Adam and Eve. He shed His blood on the cross as the Lamb of God.
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