Acts 8:33

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

In Context

32Now 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.

34And having answered, the eunuch said to Philip, I ask thee, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself, or about some other man?

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Cross References

Job 27:2As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

Isaiah 5:23who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!

Isaiah 53:8In his humiliation his justice was taken away. And as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke [was due]?

Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercessi

Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.

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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