Acts 8:33

Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.

Bible in Basic English

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 place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

34And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?

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Cross References

Job 27:2By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

Psalms 22:15\22:14\I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

Isaiah 5:23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

Isaiah 53:8They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

Isaiah 53:12For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.

Habakkuk 1:4For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.

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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