Acts 8:32

New Revised Standard Version

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.

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.