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 didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.

As a

You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know 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 you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: 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 male goats.

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

And like

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Opened

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."

General references

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

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