“In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.”
'In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth' - the quotation continues Isaiah 53:8, describing injustice ('deprived of justice'), the question 'Who can speak of his descendants?' (suggesting the servant's death), and death itself ('his life was taken from the earth'). The text speaks of the Servant's suffering and death, now available for messianic interpretation.
Church Fathers on Acts 8:33
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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