Acts 8:32
32ἡNowδὲthe passageπεριοχὴof theτῆςScriptureγραφῆςwhichἣνhe was readingἀνεγίνωσκενwasἦνthisαὕτη·AsὩςa sheepπρόβατονtoἐπὶslaughterσφαγὴνHe was ledἤχθη,andκαὶasὡςa lambἀμνὸςbeforeἐναντίονthe [one]τοῦshearerκείραντοςhimαὐτὸν[is] silentἄφωνος,soοὕτωςnotοὐκHe opensἀνοίγειtheτὸmouthστόμαof Himαὐτοῦ.
Now the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb before the one shearing it [is] silent, so He does not open His mouth.
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περιοχὴ
περιοχή
a section or passage of Scripture.
σφαγὴν
σφαγή
slaughter, sacrifice.
ἀμνὸς
ἀμνός
a lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation).
κείραντος
κείρω
I shear, cut the hair of; mid: I cut my own hair, have my hair cut.
ἄφωνος
ἄφωνος
soundless, voiceless, speechless, dumb.