Acts 8:32

New English Translation

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 39:2

I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

Psalm 39:9

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

Jeremiah 11:19

Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, “Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”

Jeremiah 12:3

But you, Lord, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!

Jeremiah 51:40

“I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.”

Numbers 7:39

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

Numbers 7:57

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

Luke 23:34

[But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

John 1:29

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

Acts 8:31

The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

1 Peter 1:19

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.