Acts 8:32
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
31“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Cross References
Psalms 39:2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
Jeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
John 18:9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
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 →