Acts 8:32

Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so 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, “But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?” And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.

33He endured his judgment with humility. Who of his generation shall describe how his life was taken away from the earth?”

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Cross References

Psalms 39:2I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Psalms 44:11Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.

Jeremiah 11:19And I was like a meek lamb, who is being carried to be a victim. And I did not realize that they had devised plans against me, saying: “Let us place wood upon his bread, and let us eradicate him from the land of the living, and let his name no longer be remembered.”

Jeremiah 51:40I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.

Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do.” And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.

John 18:9This was so that the word might be fulfilled, which he said, “Of those whom you have given to me, I have not lost any 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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