“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:”
The passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading was this: 'He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth' - the text is Isaiah 53:7, the suffering servant passage. Luke quotes the exact words the eunuch is reading, establishing that the Spirit had prepared this text for this moment. The passage describes the servant's silent suffering, about to be interpreted as Christ's passion.
Church Fathers on Acts 8:32
And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 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. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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