Acts 8:33

Acts 8:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth."
• New King James Version (NKJV)In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.”

Context of Acts 8:33

31“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32The 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. In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.” 34“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

Acts 8:33 word by word

ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτοῦ ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ ἤρθη, τὴν γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται; ὅτι αἴρεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• humiliationταπείνωσιςtapeinōsis · lowlinessG5014
• was deprivedαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• of justiceκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• can recountδιηγέομαιdiēgeomai · to relate fullyG1334
• descendantsγενεάgenea · generationG1074
• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093

Cross-references for Acts 8:33

• Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
• Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
• Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
• Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
• Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
• Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
• Matthew 27:12And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
• John 19:12From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
• Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
• Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
• Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
• 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, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
• 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 the little ones.

Commentaries on Acts 8:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away - He who was the fountain of judgment and justice had no justice shown him (mercy he needed not) in his humiliation; viz. that time in which he emptied himself, and appeared in the form of a servant. Who shall declare his generation - : Answering to the Hebrew דורו doro, which Bp. Lowth understands as implying his manner of life. It was the custom among the Jews, when they were taking away any criminal from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33In 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-40Verses 26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by travelling. We should not be so shy of all strangers as some affect to be. As to those of whom we know nothing else, we know this, that they have souls. It is wisdom for men of business to redeem time for holy duties; to fill up every minute with something…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33The Scripture passage was Isaiah 53:7–8. It is one of the Servant Songs of Isaiah, a passage that speaks of the suffering servant of the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3332-33. The place ... was this, He was led as a sheep, &c.--One cannot but wonder that this, of all predictions of Messiah's sufferings in the Old Testament the most striking, should have been that which the eunuch was reading before Philip joined him. He could hardly miss to have heard at Jerusalem of the sufferings and death of Jesus, and of the existence of a continually increasing party who acknowledged Him to be the Messiah. But his question to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings