Acts 8:32

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: “As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 39:2

I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,

Psalm 39:9

I am dumb, I do not open my mouth; for it is thou who hast done it.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 12:3

But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my mind toward thee. 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 he-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

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 8:31

And he said, “How can I, unless some one guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also 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 blemish or spot.