Acts 8:32

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The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.'

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  • Isa 53:7-8 : 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-24 : 21 To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps. 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly. 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
  • Jer 51:40 : 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
  • Ps 39:2 : 2 I said, 'I will guard my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.'
  • Ps 44:11-12 : 11 You make us retreat before the enemy, and those who hate us have plundered us for themselves. 12 You delivered us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’
  • Jer 12:3 : 3 But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'
  • Matt 26:62-63 : 62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Him, "Are You not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against You?" 63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, "I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God."
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.' Then they divided His garments by casting lots.
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

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  • Isa 53:6-9
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    6We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

    7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

    8By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished.

    9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

  • Acts 8:33-40
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    33In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.

    34The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?'

    35Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.

    36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?'

    37Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'

    38He ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

    40Philip, however, was found at Azotus, and as he traveled, he preached the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:27-31
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    27So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and an important official in charge of all the treasury of the queen of the Ethiopians, known as Candace, who had gone to Jerusalem to worship.

    28He was on his way home, sitting in his chariot and reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

    29The Spirit said to Philip, 'Go up to that chariot and stay near it.'

    30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?'

    31The man replied, 'How can I understand unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

  • Luke 4:16-18
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    16He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

    17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

    18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

  • Isa 50:5
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    5The Sovereign LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn away.

  • Matt 12:17-19
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    17This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

    18'Behold, My servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul is well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.'

    19He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

  • Isa 42:1-2
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    1Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring forth justice to the nations.

    2He will not cry out or raise his voice, nor make his voice heard in the street.

  • Isa 52:13-15
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    13Behold, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised up, lifted high, and greatly exalted.

    14Just as many were appalled at you—his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man, and his form marred beyond human likeness—

    15so he will startle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

  • John 12:41
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    41Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

  • Rom 8:36
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    36As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

  • Ps 38:13
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    13Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to harm me speak of ruin and plot deception all day long.

  • Isa 53:11-12
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    11After his suffering, he will see the result and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

    12Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

  • 1 Pet 2:22
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    22He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.

  • Isa 40:11
    68%

    11He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

  • John 12:38
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    38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

  • Acts 8:5-6
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    5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

    6The crowds, united in one mind, paid close attention to what Philip was saying as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • Ps 40:7
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    7Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared my ears to listen; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

  • Phil 2:8
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    8He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.

  • Mark 15:28
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    28In this way, the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was numbered with the transgressors.'

  • Luke 4:20-21
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    20Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. All the eyes in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

    21He began by saying to them, 'Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.'

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    4This took place so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

  • Isa 53:2
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    2He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty to attract us to him, and no appearance that we should desire him.

  • Prov 31:8
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    8Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

  • Heb 5:8
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    8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.

  • Isa 29:12
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    12Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'

  • Acts 28:26
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    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'