Acts 8:33

The cross and atonement

³¹ And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

³² The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

³⁴ And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
KJV: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
WEB: In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
ASV: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.
DARBY: In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
BLB: In His humiliation, justice was taken away from Him. Who will describe His generation? For His life is removed from the earth.”

ÅB: i hans fornedrelse ble dommen over ham borttatt, og hvem kan fortelle om hans slekt? for hans liv blir tatt bort fra jorden.
OTB: I hans fornedrelse ble rettferdighet nektet ham.
Hvem kan tale om hans etterkommere?
For hans liv ble tatt bort fra jorden."
B1930: i hans fornedrelse blev dommen over ham borttatt, og hvem kan fortelle om hans ætt? for hans liv blir tatt bort fra jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
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Philippians 2:8–9
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
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Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
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Isaiah 10:2
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
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Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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Matthew 27:12–26
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
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