Acts 8:32

Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this, 1 “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, 1 and like a lamb before his shearer is silent, 1 so he did not open his mouth. 1

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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 Cushite said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” He begged Philip to come up into the chariot and sit with him.

33In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. 1 Who can fully describe his descendants? 1 For his life was taken from the earth.”

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Cross References

Psalms 39:2I kept silent; I kept back my words even from saying anything good, 1 and my pain grew worse. 1

Psalms 44:11You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered 1 and have scattered us among the nations. 1

Jeremiah 11:19I was like a gentle lamb being led to a butcher. I did not know that they had formed plans against me, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! Let us cut him off from the land of the living so his name will be no longer remembered.” 1

Jeremiah 51:40I will send them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. 1

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

John 18:9This was in order to fulfill the word that he said: “Of those whom you have given me, I lost no one.”

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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