Acts 8:32

Now the portion of the Scripture which he was reading was this: 1 “ He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; 1 and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, 1 so He opened not His mouth. 1

English Majority Text (NT)

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, “How can I, unless someone helps me?” And he urged Philip to come up and sit with him.

33In His humiliation His justice was taken away, 1 and who will recount His generation? 1 For His life is taken away from the earth.”

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Cross References

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

John 18:9so that the word might be fulfilled which He said, “ Those whom You have 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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