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Acts 8:32 KJV
Acts · chapter 8 · verse 32
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:Acts 8:32 · King James Version
Acts 8:32 in context
30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32The 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:
33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 53:7-8
- 1 Peter 2:21-24
- Jeremiah 51:40
- Romans 8:36
- Jeremiah 11:19
- Psalms 44:11-12
- Psalms 39:9
- Psalms 39:2
Key words (Strong's)
- scripturegraphēa writing, thing written, the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its…G1124 →
- slaughtersphagēslaughter, of sheep destined for slaughter, of day of destructionG4967 →
- beforeenantionover against, opposite, of place, opposite, contrary , metaph., opposed as an adversary…G1726 →
- placeperiochēan encompassing, compass, circuit, that which is contained, the contents of any writingG4042 →
- sheepprobatonany four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle , most commonly a sheep or…G4263 →
- readanaginōskōto distinguish between, to recognise, to know accurately, to acknowledge, to readG314 →
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We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that scripture fulfilled, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands (one of the first of the nations) unto God, Psa 68:31. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-40