Acts 8:32

New Century Version

The portion of Scripture he was reading was this: “He was like a sheep being led to be killed. He was quiet, as a lamb is quiet while its wool is being cut; he never opened his mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 39:2

So I kept very quiet. I didn’t even say anything good, but I became even more upset.

Psalm 39:9

I am quiet; I do not open my mouth, because you are the one who has done this.

Jeremiah 11:19

Before this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not know they had made plans against me, saying: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s kill him so people will forget him.”

Jeremiah 12:3

But you know my heart, Lord. You see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag the evil people away like sheep to be butchered. Set them aside for the day of killing.

Jeremiah 51:40

“I will take the people of Babylon to be killed. They will be like lambs, like sheep and goats waiting to be killed.

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they don’t know what they are doing.” The soldiers threw lots to decide who would get his clothes.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 8:31

He answered, “How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?” Then he invited Philip to climb in and sit with him.

Romans 8:36

As it is written in the Scriptures: “For you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.”

1 Corinthians 15:3

I passed on to you what I received, of which this was most important: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say;

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.