Acts 8:33

In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, || And His generation—who will declare? Because His life is taken from the earth.”

Literal Standard Version

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

32And the passage of the Writing that he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, || And as a lamb before his shearer is silent, || So He does not open His mouth;

34And the eunuch answering Philip said, “I beg you, about whom does the prophet say this? About himself, or about some other one?”

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Cross References

Job 27:2“God lives! He turned aside my judgment, || And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter.

Psalms 22:15My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, || And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.

Isaiah 5:23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, || And the righteousness of the righteous || They turn aside from him.

Isaiah 53:8By restraint and by judgment He has been taken, || And of His generation who meditates, || That He has been cut off from the land of the living? He is plagued by the transgression of My people,

Isaiah 53:12Therefore I give a portion to Him among the many, || And He apportions spoil with the mighty, || Because that He exposed His soul to death, || And He was numbered with transgressors, || And He has borne the sin of many, || And He intercedes for transgressors.

Habakkuk 1:4Therefore law ceases, || And judgment does not go forth forever, || For the wicked is surrounding the righteous, || Therefore wrong judgment goes forth.

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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