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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, So he doesn`t open his mouth.
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The Suffering Servant is Jesus
Commentators emphasize the eunuch's crucial question: "Who is the prophet talking about?" While this passage from Isaiah 53 is now seen as a clear prophecy of Christ, scholars note this was a revolutionary idea at the time. Pre-Christian Jewish interpretations did not typically connect the Messiah with suffering. Philip's explanation that this silent, sacrificial lamb was Jesus Himself unlocked the core of the gospel message for the eunuch.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The place, etc. (Isaiah 53:7–8).
He was led, etc. This quotation is taken literally from the Septuagint. It va…
The place (ε περιοχη). See the verb περιεχε so used in 1 Peter 2:6. The word is used either of the section as in Codex…
19th Century
Anglican
The place of the scripture which he read.—The word for “place” is apparently used as an equivalent for the Hebrew Parashah
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Baptist
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. The place…
The Ethiopian, being open to instruction from a Jew, invites Philip into his carriage to explain Isa 53:7–8 to him. His problem, it seems, concerns…
16th Century
Protestant
The sentence of Scripture. It is properly a text or period. Let us understand that he did not come upon this place by chance but …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The place of the Scripture which he read was this Or the paragraph or section of Scripture; that part of it in which…
Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to His ministers in very unlikely places. We should strive to do g…
