Acts 8:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

As a

Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me,'saying , Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

And like

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ:

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Opened

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.

General references

one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.