Acts 8:32

Good News Translation

The passage of scripture which he was reading was this: “He was like a sheep that is taken to be slaughtered, like a lamb that makes no sound when its wool is cut off. He did not say a word.

Cross References

Psalm 39:2

I kept quiet, not saying a word, not even about anything good! But my suffering only grew worse,

Psalm 39:9

I will keep quiet, I will not say a word, for you are the one who made me suffer like this.

Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, “Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more.”

Jeremiah 12:3

But, Lord, you know me; you see what I do and how I love you. Drag these evil people away like sheep to be butchered; guard them until it is time for them to be slaughtered.

Jeremiah 51:40

I will take them to be slaughtered, like lambs, goats, and rams. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don't know what they are doing.” They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 8:31

The official replied, “How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?” And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.

Romans 8:36

As the scripture says, “For your sake we are in danger of death at all times; we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 15:3

I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;

1 Peter 1:19

it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.