Acts 8:32

The passage of the scripture which he was reading, was this: As a sheep for the slaughter was he led; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so opened he not his mouth

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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

31He answered: How can I, unless some one instruct me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

33in his humiliation. The sentence against him was taken away; but who shall describe the men of his generation? For his life was taken from the earth.

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Cross References

Luke 23:34And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And dividing his clothing into parts, they cast lots.

John 18:9This he said, that the word might be fulfilled which he had spoken: Of those whom thou hast given me; I have lost none.

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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