Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,
“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he doesn’t open his mouth.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 8:32 in context
Acts 8:29–35
29
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
30
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31
He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
32
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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,
“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he doesn’t open his mouth.
33
In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away.
Who will declare His generation?
For his life is taken from the earth.”
34
The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
35
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
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