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Acts 8:32

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 8:32

Verse 32 of 40

Scripture focus

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:

Acts 8:32 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 8:32

Theological / Devotional

The place. Greek perioche, “content.” This word was used as an equivalent for the Hebrew terms parashah, or haphtarah, the passages of Scripture appointed for public reading in the synagogue. The word was in common use among the Greeks, and was adopted by Cicero. It signified the whole context of the passage. “The scripture” (singular, here and in the Greek) refers to a passage of Scripture, and not to the whole body of Scriptures. The clause may therefore be translated, “The content of the passage of Scripture.” The verses quoted are from Isaiah 53:7, 8, and are given word for word from the LXX.

He was led. For general comment on the passage quoted see on Isa. 53:7, 8, remembering that the New Testament quotation is a translation of the LXX, not the Hebrew, text.

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