Watchman Press Reviewed Scripture Study
Isaiah's Suffering Servant and Jesus
Isaiah 53:7 ↔ Acts 8:32-Acts 8:33
Scripture Text
Read the Relationship in Young’s Literal Translation
Isaiah 53:7
7 It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.
Acts 8:32-Acts 8:33
32 And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;
33 in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation — who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.'
Editorial Analysis
Watchman Press Review
The following classifications and notes are reviewed Watchman Press editorial analysis. They are separate from the biblical text and from the raw cross-reference dataset.
Isaiah's Suffering Servant and Jesus
The Ethiopian official is reading the suffering-servant passage when he asks who the prophet is speaking about. Philip begins from that Scripture and proclaims the good news of Jesus.
Acts does not leave the servant's Christological significance as an abstract possibility. Philip uses this very text as the starting point for preaching Jesus.
Evidence / source note
Project sources reviewed: Young's Literal Translation, the 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and the JPS 1917 Tanakh. Archer specifically highlights the Ethiopian reading this servant passage and Philip's explanation.
Isaiah's Suffering Servant and Jesus
Luke reproduces the servant text being read and then records Philip's Christ-centered explanation beginning from that passage.
This is a model of apostolic interpretation: the Old Testament passage is read in context and then opened toward Jesus.
Evidence / source note
Project sources reviewed: Young's Literal Translation, the 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and the JPS 1917 Tanakh. Archer specifically highlights the Ethiopian reading this servant passage and Philip's explanation.
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