Melito the Philosopher

In place of Isaac the just, a ram appeared for slaughter, in order that Isaac might be liberated from his bonds. The slaughter of this animal redeemed Isaac from death. In like manner, the Lord, being slain, saved us; being bound, He loosed us; being sacrificed, He redeemed us. . For the Lord was a lamb, like the ram which Abraham saw caught in the bush Sabec. 10] But this bush represented the cross, and that place Jerusalem, and the lamb the Lord bound for slaughter.