Acts 8:32

Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb, mute before shearing him, thus he opened not his mouth.

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In The King James Version

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

In Context

31And he said, For how can I unless some man may guide me? And he encouraged Philip, after coming up, to sit with him.

33In his lowly condition his justice was taken away. And who will describe his generation, because his life was taken from the earth?

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Cross References

Psalms 39:2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Psalms 44:11Thou have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. And I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it. And let us cut him off from the land of the living, that hi

Jeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

Luke 23:34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.

John 18:9so that the word that he spoke might be fulfilled, Of whom thou have given me, I lost, no, not one of them.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:27-40

Philip and the Ethiopian. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join… Read the whole commentary →

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