Acts 8:32 — King James Version← Study notes
“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:”
Acts 8:32 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 8:3228 words
ἡhēthe
δὲdeand / but
περιοχὴperiochēplace
τῆςtēsthe
γραφῆςgraphēsscripture
ἣνhēnwho / which
ἀνεγίνωσκενaneginōskenread
ἦνēnam, have been, is I
αὕτηhautēhe (it was that), hereof, it
ὩςHōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
πρόβατονprobatonsheep(-fold)
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
σφαγὴνsphagēnslaughter
ἤχθηēchthēlead
καὶkaiand / also
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
ἀμνὸςamnoslamb
ἐναντίονenantionbefore, in
the presence of
τοῦtouthe
κείραντοςkeirantosshear(-er)
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
ἄφωνοςaphōnosdumb, without
signification
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
οὐκouknot
ἀνοίγειanoigeiopen
τὸtothe
στόμαstomaedge, face, mouth
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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