Acts 8:32
And the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he openeth not his mouth.
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Psalms 39:2I was dumb with silence; I spake not even what was good; But my pain was increased.
Psalms 44:11Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a tame lamb, that is led to the slaughter, And knew not that they had formed plots against me, [[saying,]] “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name may no more be remembered!”
Jeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with he-goats.
Luke 23:34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them! for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting lots.
John 18:9That the saying might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom thou hast 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 →