Cross references

Acts 8:32

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,

and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,

so He did not open His mouth.

Acts 8:32 BSB

Acts 8:32 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 53:7–8 (68 votes) and 1 Peter 2:21–24 (55 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 22 to Revelation 5.

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Which verses does Acts 8:32 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

  2. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” …

  3. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

  4. For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

  5. Romans 8:3625 votes

    As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

  6. You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

  7. Psalm 39:919 votes

    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

  8. Psalm 39:218 votes

    I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

  9. John 1:2917 votes

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

  10. So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?” But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

  11. 1 Peter 1:1910 votes
  12. Luke 23:345 votes

Which verses point to Acts 8:32?

The 10 strongest of 31.