מעשי השליחים 8:32

Delitzsche Hebrew New Testament

וְזֶה עִנְיַן הַכָּתוּב אֲשֶׁר קָרָא כַּשֶּׂה לַטֶּבַח יוּבָל וּכְרָחֵל לִפְנֵי גּוֹזְזֶיהָ נֶאֱלָמָה וְלֹא־יִפְתַּח פִּיו׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Modern Translation
וענין הכתוב אשר קרא זה הוא כשה לטבח יובל וכרחל לפני גוזזיה נאלמה ולא יפתח פיו׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He was: Isaiah 53:7, Isaiah 53:8

as a: Psalms 44:11, Psalms 44:12, Jeremiah 11:19, Jeremiah 12:3, Jeremiah 51:40, Romans 8:36

and like: John 1:29, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 Peter 2:21-24

opened: Psalms 39:2, Psalms 39:9, Matthew 26:62, Matthew 26:63, Luke 23:34, John 18:9-11

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:9 - bound Numbers 7:39 - General Matthew 27:12 - General Mark 14:61 - he held Luke 23:9 - but John 5:39 - Search John 19:9 - But Romans 16:26 - and by 1 Corinthians 5:7 - Christ 2 Corinthians 10:1 - by James 5:6 - and he 1 Peter 2:23 - when he was Revelation 5:6 - a Lamb

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The place of the Scripture which he read was this,.... Or the paragraph or section of Scripture; that part of it in which he was reading was Isaiah 53:7 which shows, that by this time the Scriptures were divided into sections, chapters, and verses; whereas the Jews say the whole law at first was but one verse t.

He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before the shearer. The metaphors of sheep and lamb express the innocence, meekness, and patience of Christ in his sufferings and death; and his being like these when led to the slaughter, and dumb before the shearer, show his willingness to suffer and die for his people, and to become a sacrifice for their sins. The allusion is to the sheep led either by the butcher to the slaughter house, or by the priest to the altar, and to the lamb of a year old being silent while it is shearing; and both denote the voluntariness of Christ in his sufferings, the stripping him of his good name, credit, and reputation among men, and of all worldly substance, though Lord of all, and even of the common blessings of nature, as of meat, drink, and raiment, and the light of the sun; and particularly the stripping him of his clothes, when his raiment was parted, and lots cast on his vesture, is very aptly signified by the shearing of the lamb, all which he took very patiently; and his being led forth to be crucified, when he was offered up as a sacrifice on the cross, very fitly answers to the sheep being led to the slaughter, without showing any reluctance. It was a custom with the Heathens to offer no creature in sacrifice, that struggled as it was led, or made an opposition, or showed any reluctance: it is remarkable, that there was nothing of this kind to be observed in Christ, who gave himself an offering, and a sacrifice; the reasons of which were, because of the great love he bore to his people: and because of the good and advantage that would come to them thereby: he was content to be poor, that they might be rich; to be made sin, that they might be made righteousness; to become a curse, that the blessings of the covenant might come upon them; to be stripped of all things, that they might enjoy all: and because no other sacrifice could atone for their sins; and because it was his Father's will, which always involves his own.

So opened he not his mouth: in defence of himself, when such false things were laid to his charge, and which he could have so easily refuted, and yet answered to nothing, to the astonishment of his judge; the reason was, because he had the sins of his people on him, for which he was willing to suffer; and therefore declined self-vindication, lest he should hinder the judicial process against him; nor did he open his mouth against his enemies by way of threatening or complaint, when they spat on him, blindfolded, and buffeted him, and bid him prophesy who smote him; and when the chief priests, Scribes, the common people, and thieves mocked at him, and reviled him on the cross, he opened not his lips unto them, nor against them, only for them, saying, Father, forgive them; nor did he open his mouth against the justice of God, as bearing hard upon him; neither did he complain of the strictness of its demands, abating him nothing; nor of the severity and weight of its strokes, not sparing him at all; nor did he say one word against his people, whose sins brought all his sorrows and sufferings on him, but made intercession for the transgressors, whose sins he bore.

t Eliae Levit. praefat. 3. ad Sepher Hammasoreth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The place ... - Isaiah 53:7-8.

He was led ... - This quotation is taken literally from the Septuagint. It varies very little from the Hebrew. It has been almost universally understood that this place refers to the Messiah; and Philip expressly applies it to him. The word “was led” ἤχθη ēchthē implies that he was conducted by others; that he was led as a sheep is led to be killed. The general idea is that of “meekness” and “submission” when he was led to be put to death; a description that applies in a very striking manner to the Lord Jesus.

To the slaughter - To be killed. The characteristic here recorded is more remarkable in sheep than in any other animal.

And like a lamb dumb ... - Still, patient, unresisting.

So he opened not his mouth - He did not “complain” or “murmur”; he offered no resistance, but yielded patiently to what was done by others. Compare the notes on Isaiah 53:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. The place of the scripture — περιοχη της γραφης, The section, or paragraph.