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32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

(A)As a sheep is led to slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.
33 (B)In humiliation His judgment was taken away;
Who will [a]recount His [b]generation?
For His life is removed from the earth.”

34 And the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you earnestly, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?”

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  1. Acts 8:33 Or describe
  2. Acts 8:33 Or family, origin

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[a](A)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

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  1. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)