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, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

As a

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

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

But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried my heart towards 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.

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

And like

The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

For even to this were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us 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 arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what is it which these testify against thee?

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

That the saying might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of them whom thou gavest to me, I have lost none.

General references

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering:

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