32 The place in the Scripture which he read was this:

(A)“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
(B)So He opened 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,
Yet (A)He opened not His mouth;
(B)He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
He was (C)taken from [a]prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For (D)He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

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  1. Isaiah 53:8 confinement

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 were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (B)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 “Who(C) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

23 (D)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (E)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 (F)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, (G)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—(H)by whose [c]stripes you were healed.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
  2. 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
  3. 1 Peter 2:24 wounds

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 with 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 like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (A)and let us cut him off from (B)the land of the living, that his name may 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 we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

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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 (A)You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have (B)scattered us among the nations.
12 (C)You sell Your people for next to nothing,
And are not enriched by selling 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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(A)I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was (B)You who did 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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The Lamb of God(A)

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! (B)The Lamb of God (C)who takes away the sin 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 was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.

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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 (A)And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” 63 But (B)Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, (C)“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”

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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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But You, O Lord, (A)know me;
You have seen me,
And You have (B)tested my heart toward You.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
And prepare them for (C)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, (B)as of a lamb without blemish and without 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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