Acts 8:33
in Acts 8In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.
KJV
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
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This verse in Acts 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verse"In His humiliation His judgment was taken away." He indicates the unlawful judgment against Him, carried out at a time when the truth was hidden. "But who shall declare His generation?" That is, His high dignity revealed after the resurrection, the proof of which is …
This site's exposition
led as a sheep to the slaughter
on Acts 8:32-33
The place of Scripture he was reading, led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth, is Isaiah's fourth Servant Song, the chapter the New Testament cites of Christ more than any other Old Testament passage. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and who shall declare his generation, asks the very question the eunuch is about to put to Philip, whether the prophet meant himself or another. The exposition reads Isaiah chapter fifty-three here exactly as the New Testament everywhere else reads it, a description of the suffering and exalted Messiah, and Philip's answer in the next verse will confirm it directly rather than leave the question open.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away - That is, when he was a man, he had no justice shown him. To take away a person's judgment, is a proverbial phrase for oppressing him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In his humiliation - This varies from the Hebrew, but is copied exactly from the Septuagint, showing that he was reading the Septuagint. The Hebrew text is: “He was taken from prison and from judgment.” The word rendered “prison” denotes any kind of “detention,” or even “oppression.” It does not mean, as with us, to be confined “in” a prison or jail, but may mean “custody,” and be applied to the detention or custody of the Saviour when his hands were bound, and he was led to be tried. See the notes on Mat 27:
The words behind it
21 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐν | en | In | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῇ | tea | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ταπεινώσει | tapeinosei | humiliation | G5014 → | |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἡ | he | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κρίσις | krisis | justice | G2920 → | |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | from Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἤρθη, | erthe | was taken away, | G142 → | 100 times |
| τὴν | ten | The | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| γενεὰν | genean | generation | G1074 → | 43 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| τίς | tis | who | G5101 → | 563 times |
| διηγήσεται; | diegesetai | will describe? | G1334 → | 8 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| αἴρεται | airetai | is removed | G142 → | 100 times |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| τῆς | tes | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| γῆς | ges | earth | G1093 → | 248 times |
| ἡ | he | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ζωὴ | zoe | life | G2222 → | 135 times |
| αὐτοῦ.¶ | autou | of Him. | G846 → | 5565 times |
ἐνIn
enG1722 →2738 times
τῇthe
teaG3588 →19766 times
ταπεινώσειhumiliation
tapeinoseiG5014 →
αὐτοῦof Him
autouG846 →5565 times
ἡ<the>
heG3588 →19766 times
κρίσιςjustice
krisisG2920 →
αὐτοῦfrom Him
autouG846 →5565 times
ἤρθη,was taken away,
ertheG142 →100 times
τὴνThe
tenG3588 →19766 times
γενεὰνgeneration
geneanG1074 →43 times
αὐτοῦof Him
autouG846 →5565 times
τίςwho
tisG5101 →563 times
διηγήσεται;will describe?
diegesetaiG1334 →8 times
ὅτιFor
hotiG3754 →1292 times
αἴρεταιis removed
airetaiG142 →100 times
ἀπὸfrom
apoG575 →640 times
τῆςthe
tesG3588 →19766 times
γῆςearth
gesG1093 →248 times
ἡthe
heG3588 →19766 times
ζωὴlife
zoeG2222 →135 times
αὐτοῦ.¶of Him.
autouG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against…
it leads to
- Mark 14:27
Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be…
- John 16:32
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father…
- Mark 14:27
Through
Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the…
it leads to
- Luke 22:37
For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
- Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- Luke 22:37
Through
Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
Where this verse is studied
About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.