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

(A)“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
    and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he opens not his mouth.

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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.

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He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    (A)yet he opened not his mouth;
(B)like a (C)lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, (D)who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?

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He was oppressed(A) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(B)
he was led like a lamb(C) to the slaughter,(D)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression[a] and judgment(E) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(F)
    for the transgression(G) of my people he was punished.[b]

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  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?

21 For (A)to this you have been called, (B)because Christ also suffered for you, (C)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 (D)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 (E)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, (F)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 (G)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we (H)might die to sin and (I)live to righteousness. (J)By his wounds you have been healed.

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21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.

22 “He committed no sin,(E)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[a](F)

23 When they hurled their insults at him,(G) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(H) Instead, he entrusted himself(I) to him who judges justly.(J) 24 “He himself bore our sins”(K) in his body on the cross,(L) so that we might die to sins(M) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(N)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and male goats.

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40 “I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.(A)

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

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19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”

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36 As it is written,

(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22

11 You have made us like (A)sheep for slaughter
    and have (B)scattered us among the nations.
12 (C)You have sold your people for a trifle,
    demanding no high price for them.

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11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(A)
    and have scattered us among the nations.(B)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(C)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

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Behold, the Lamb of God

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

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John Testifies About Jesus

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(A) who takes away the sin of the world!(B)

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(A)I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
    (B)for it is you who have done it.

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I was silent;(A) I would not open my mouth,(B)
    for you are the one who has done this.(C)

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I was (A)mute and silent;
    I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.

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So I remained utterly silent,(A)
    not even saying anything good.
But my anguish(B) increased;

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62 And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”[a] 63 (A)But Jesus remained silent. (B)And the high priest said to him, (C)“I adjure you by (D)the living God, (E)tell us if you are (F)the Christ, (G)the Son of God.”

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  1. Matthew 26:62 Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?

62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent.(A)

The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath(B) by the living God:(C) Tell us if you are the Messiah,(D) the Son of God.”(E)

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(A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    (B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for (D)the day of slaughter.

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Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)

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19 but (A)with the precious blood of Christ, like that of (B)a lamb (C)without blemish or spot.

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19 but with the precious blood(A) of Christ, a lamb(B) without blemish or defect.(C)

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