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, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.

As a

Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

And I was like a tame lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they 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, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

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

According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

And like

On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ,

For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

Opened

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

And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

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

that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, As to those whom thou hast given me, I have not lost one of them.

General references

one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;

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