Nowδὲthe passageἡ περιοχὴof Scriptureτῆς γραφῆςthatἣνhe was readingἀνεγίνωσκενwasἦνthis:αὕτη“LikeὩςa sheepπρόβατονhe was ledἤχθηtoἐπὶslaughter,σφαγὴνandκαὶlikeὡςa lambἀμνὸςsilentἄφωνοςbeforeἐναντίονthe one who shearsτοῦ κείραντοςit,αὐτὸνsoοὕτωςhe does notοὐκopenἀνοίγειhis mouth.τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
Quotation · Isaiah 53:7-8
Go to Isaiah 53:7-8It is the passage that the Ethiopian was reading when Philip came up to him. In Acts, “like a sheep” goes with the slaughter and “like a lamb” with the one who shears; in the Hebrew of Isaiah it is the other way around.
Formula: ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς ἣν ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἦν αὕτη “the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this” (Acts 8:32)
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Greek of the New Testament: ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς ἣν ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἦν αὕτη Ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ ἤρθη τὴν γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται ὅτι αἴρεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ
Hebrew (Masoretic text): נִגַּשׂ וְהוּא נַעֲנֶה וְלֹא יִפְתַּח פִּיו כַּשֶּׂה לַטֶּבַח יוּבָל וּכְרָחֵל לִפְנֵי גֹזְזֶיהָ נֶאֱלָמָה וְלֹא יִפְתַּח פִּיו מֵעֹצֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט לֻקָּח וְאֶת דּוֹרוֹ מִי יְשׂוֹחֵחַ כִּי נִגְזַר מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים מִפֶּשַׁע עַמִּי נֶגַע לָמוֹ
Septuagint (Isaiah 53:7-8 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ αὐτὸς διὰ τὸ κεκακῶσθαι οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα· ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὔκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὑτοῦ. ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἦ κρίσις αὐτοῦ τὴν γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται; ὅτι αἴρεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνομιῶν τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἤχθη εἰς θάνατον.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 25 consecutive words: “Ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0
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שֶׂה / ἀμνός
The Ethiopian reads Isaiah 53:7 in Greek, with amnos.