Acts 8:32

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

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  • Isa 53:7-8 : 7 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. 8 By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
  • 1 Pet 2:21-24 : 21 for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, 22 who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth, 23 who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously, 24 who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,
  • Jer 51:40 : 40 I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.
  • John 1:29 : 29 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;
  • Ps 39:2 : 2 I was dumb `with' silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
  • Ps 44:11-12 : 11 Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us. 12 Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 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.
  • Jer 12:3 : 3 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.
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 (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,')
  • Matt 26:62-63 : 62 And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee? 63 and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

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    6All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

    7It 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.

    8By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,

    9And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich `are' his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor `is' deceit in his mouth.

  • Acts 8:33-40
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    81%

    33in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation -- who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.'

    34And the eunuch answering Philip said, `I pray thee, about whom doth the prophet say this? about himself, or about some other one?'

    35and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him -- Jesus.

    36And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

    37`And Philip said, `If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;' and he answering said, `I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;''

    38and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

    39and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

    40and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Cesarea.

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    27And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

    28he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

    29And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

    30and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

    31and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

  • Luke 4:16-18
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    16And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

    17and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

    18`The Spirit of the Lord `is' upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

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    5The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.

  • Matt 12:17-19
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    17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

    18`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

    19he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

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    1Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

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  • Isa 52:13-15
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    13Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been very high.

    14As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)

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    41these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

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    36(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,')

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    13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

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    11Of the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear.

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  • 1 Pet 2:22
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    22who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

  • Isa 40:11
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    11As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth `them': Suckling ones He leadeth.

  • John 12:38
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    38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?'

  • Acts 8:5-6
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    5And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

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    7Then said I, `Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

  • Phil 2:8
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    8and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,

  • Mark 15:28
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    28and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, `And with lawless ones he was numbered.'

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    20And having folded the roll, having given `it' back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him.

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    4And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

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    2Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.

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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

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    12And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, `I have not known books.'

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    26saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,