Acts 8:32

New International Version

This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 39:2

So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;

Psalm 39:9

I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 12:3

Yet you know me, Lord; you see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag them off like sheep to be butchered! 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 and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;

Numbers 7:57

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

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

John 1:29

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

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Romans 8:36

As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 15:3

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

1 Peter 1:19

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