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

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

As a

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

And I am as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.

(according as it hath been written -- 'For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')

And like

on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

Opened

I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, 'Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

General references

one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,