Acts 8:33

His humiliation. The clause may be literally translated, “In the humiliation His judgment was removed,” but the reading is capable of several interpretations. It might mean that “His condemnation was taken away,” or “canceled”; that is, because He humbled Himself, He was afterward exalted; or, alternatively, “Justice was denied Him in His humiliation,” as it undoubtedly was during His trial. The Hebrew of Isa. 53:8 suggests, “He was taken away by oppression and judgment”; that is, He was the victim of a judicial murder.

His generation. This expression has had various interpretations: (1) “Who shall declare the number of those who shared His life, and are, as it were, sprang from Him”; that is, who can count His faithful disciples? (2) “Who, as far as His generation went, were wise enough to consider?” (3) “Who shall declare the wickedness of the crooked and perverse generation in which He lived?” See also on Isa. 53:8.

His life is taken. The Hebrew of Isa. 53:8 suggests that the Saviour was hurried to a violent death. The LXX version expresses the same thought, and makes no reference to Christ’s departure from earth at the ascension.