He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Cross References Matthew 26:63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, "I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God." Matthew 27:12 And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer. Mark 14:61 But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" Mark 15:5 But to Pilate's amazement, Jesus made no further reply. Luke 23:9 Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer. John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 19:9 and he went back into the Praetorium. "Where are You from?" he asked. But Jesus gave no answer. Acts 8:32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Acts 8:33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth." 1 Peter 2:23 When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Numbers 7:27 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; Psalm 44:22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. Jeremiah 11:19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more." Treasury of Scripture He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. yet Matthew 26:63 Matthew 27:12-14 Mark 14:62 he is Acts 8:32,33 |