Acts 8:32–35
8:32Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth
8:33He endured his judgment with humility. Who of his generation shall describe how his life was taken away from the earth?
8:34Then the eunuch responded to Philip, saying: “I beg you, about whom is the prophet saying this? About himself, or about someone else?
8:35Then Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from this Scripture, evangelized Jesus to him
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Isaiah 53:3–12 — The suffering servant
Isaiah's servant is led silently to slaughter and bears the sins of many. Acts quotes the passage directly and says that Philip began from this Scripture to proclaim Jesus to the Ethiopian official.
Sources & review
- scriptureIsa 53
- scriptureActs 8:32-35
- scriptureMatt 8:17
- scripture1 Pet 2:24
- catechismCCC 601, 615
- church fatherBook III, chapter 12, section 8