Acts 8:32 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³² Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² Now this was the passage of Scripture which he was reading: Like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so He opens not His mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

Common English Bible

³² This was the passage of scripture he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter” “and like a lamb before its shearer is silent” “so he didn’t open his mouth.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² And the place of the scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb without voice before his shearer, so openeth he not his mouth.

Acts 8:32 Cross References

Psalm 39:2

I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse;

Psalm 39:9

I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. And I did not know it was against me that they devised schemes, 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 no longer be remembered!”

Jeremiah 12:3

But you, O Lord, know me; you see me and test me; my heart is with you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.

Numbers 7:39

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

Numbers 7:57

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”]] And they cast lots to divide his clothing.

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 8:31

He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.