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.

Vocab difficulty

78.8

Rare words

  • 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.