Acts 8:32

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Acts 8:32

Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so He does not open His mouth.

Isaiah 53:7-8

He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.

Psalm 39:2

I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.

Psalm 39:9

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.

Psalm 44:11-12

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.

for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

Jeremiah 12:3

As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.
You test whether my heart is with You.
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter
and set them apart for the day of killing.

Jeremiah 51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams together with male goats.

Matthew 26:62-63

The high priest then stood up and said to Him, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

Luke 23:34

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 18:9-11

This was to fulfill the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

Romans 8:36

As it is written:
Because of You
we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

1 Peter 2:21-24

For you were called to this,
because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example,
so that you should follow in His steps.

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Summary

Acts 8:32

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:

He was

Isaiah 53:7

As a

Romans 8:36

And like

John 1:29

1 Peter 1:19

1 Peter 2:21

Opened

General references

Numbers 7:39

Matthew 27:12

Bible References

He was

He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.

As a

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.

As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.
You test whether my heart is with You.
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter
and set them apart for the day of killing.

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams together with male goats.

As it is written:
Because of You
we are being put to death all day long;

we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

And like

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

For you were called to this,
because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example,
so that you should follow in His steps.

Opened

I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.

The high priest then stood up and said to Him, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

This was to fulfill the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

General references

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He didn’t answer.