for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me: ‘Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit; let’s cut him off from the land of the living so that his name will no longer be remembered.’
Acts 8:32 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this: He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And like a lamb dumb before his shearer, So opened he not his mouth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now this was the passage of Scripture which he was reading: Like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so He opens not His mouth. American Standard Version (1901) Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth: Common English Bible This was the passage of scripture he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter” “and like a lamb before its shearer is silent” “so he didn’t open his mouth.” Catholic Public Domain Version Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the place of the scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb without voice before his shearer, so openeth he not his mouth. |
for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me: ‘Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit; let’s cut him off from the land of the living so that his name will no longer be remembered.’
As for you, Lord, you know me; you see me. You test whether my heart is with you. Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with male goats.
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” , And they divided his clothes and cast lots.
The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
‘How can I,’ he said, ‘unless someone guides me? ’ So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. ,
For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb.