Acts 8:32

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Acts 8:32

This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.

Isaiah 53:7-8

He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Psalm 39:2

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

Psalm 39:9

I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.

Psalm 44:11-12

You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.

I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I didn't know that they had devised schemes against me. They told themselves, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's eliminate him from the land of the living, so his name won't be remembered again."

Jeremiah 12:3

You know me, LORD. You see me and test my thoughts toward you. Pull the wicked out like sheep for slaughter; set them apart for the day of butchering.

Jeremiah 51:40

"I'll bring them down like lambs for the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

Matthew 26:62-63

At this, the high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

Luke 23:34

Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

John 1:29

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

John 18:9-11

This was to fulfill what he had said, "I did not lose a single one of those you gave me."

Romans 8:36

As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."

1 Peter 1:19

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

1 Peter 2:21-24

This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to 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 he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

As a

You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.

You know me, LORD. You see me and test my thoughts toward you. Pull the wicked out like sheep for slaughter; set them apart for the day of butchering.

"I'll bring them down like lambs for the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."

And like

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

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

This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his steps.

Opened

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

At this, the high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

This was to fulfill what he had said, "I did not lose a single one of those you gave me."

General references

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

While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.