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31 The man replied, “How can I unless someone explains it to me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 Now the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he does not open his mouth.
33 In his[a] humiliation justice was denied him.
Who will talk about his generation?
For his life is taken from the earth.[b]

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  1. Acts 8:33 Some witnesses to the text omit his.
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7-8

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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)

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Footnotes

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