Acts 8:32

This is the passage of Scripture that he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he did not open his mouth.

Text-Critical English 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

31The man said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

33In his humiliation he was denied justice. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life was taken from the earth.”

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Cross References

Luke 23:34But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Then they cast lots to divide his garments.

John 18:9He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken: “I have not lost a single one of those yoʋ 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 →

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