Acts 8 verse 32 - 35
(Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch)
(32 con’t). . . . He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer; so opened he not his mouth:
(33) In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
(34) And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself? or of some other man?
(35) Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. (KJV)
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Retranslation (32 only): He who advances toward God, is divinely directed to destroy the (false) self; trusting and innocent like a lamb, in the Presence of the Creator, he allows God to divest him of his hair, or (false) power; standing in the Presence, he sees his complete dependance upon the divine All, and realizes he has no contest with God.
Retranslation (33 only): In the state humility, his ability to “choose” is taken away [There is only ONE Mind, not two]; and WHO shall fully relate his decisions? WHAT is the channel through which he thinks and is governed? WHO shall declare his “person” and judge how that person shall behave himself? For the judge of his mortal life, the false self, is expiated,-----done away with by many sacrifices and purifications,------ and he is advanced Spirit-ward, away from the world of Confinement.
Retranslation (34 only):
Retranslation (35 only): Jesus: the self-Existent saves.
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“And he was ‘led’” ----- I am including words, 32, 71 and 34 (all related) to give a fuller meaning of this phrase. As you can see, the angel message from God directing Jesus to the “slaughter” is likened, by these early Christians, as a pastor (shepherd) driving or leading his flock (herd).
angel 32 angelos from angello [probably derived from 71; compare 34] (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication a pastor:-----angel, messenger.
“led” 71 ago, a primary verb; properly to lead; by implication to bring, drive (reflexive) go, (specifically) pass (time), (figuratively) induce:-----be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open.
34 age, from 71 [compare 32]; a drove:-----herd.
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sheep 4263 probaton, properly neuter of a presumed derivative of 4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specifically) a sheep (literal or figurative):-----sheep, sheepfold.
4260 probaino, from 4253 and the base of 939; to walk forward, i.e. advance (literally or in years):-----be of great age, go farther (on), be well stricken.
slaughter 4967 sphage, from 4969; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or [figuratively] of men [destruction]):----slaughter.
as 5613 hos, probably adverb of comparison from 3739; which, how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):-----about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when, whensoever, while, with all speed
lamb 286 amnos, apparently a primary word; a lamb:-----lamb.
before 1726 enantion, neuter of 1727; (adverbially) in the presence (view) of:-----before, in the presence of.
shearer 2751 keiro, a primary verb; to shear:----shear, shearer.
voiceless 880 aphonos, from G1 (as a negative particle) and 5456; voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively unmeaning:-----dumb, without signification.
not 3756
open 455
mouth 4750 stoma, probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of 5114; the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication language (and its relations); figuratively an opening (in the earth); specifically the front or edge (of a weapon):----edge, face, mouth.
5114 tomoteros, comparative of a derivative of the primary temno (to cut, more comprehensive or decisive than 2875, as if by a single stroke; whereas that implied repeated blows, like hacking); more keen:------sharper.
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From verse 33: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. (KJV)
humiliation 5014 tapeinosis, from 5013; depression (in rank or feeling):-----humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile.
5013 tapeinoo, from 5011; to depress; figuratively to humiliate (in condition or heart):----abase, bring low, humble (self).
5011 tapenos, of uncertain derivation; depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humilated (in circumstances or disposition):-----base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.
judgment 2920 krisis, decision (subjective or objective, for or against); by extension a tribunal; by implication justice (specifically divine law):-----accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
taken 140 hairetizo, from a derivative of 138; to make a choice:------choose.
WHO 5101
declare 1334 diegeomai, from 1223 and 2233; to relate fully:------declare, shew, tell.
dia 1223, a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal or occasional). In compounds it retains the same general import:----after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) . . .fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, forsake, that, thereby, therefore, though, through, throughout, to wherefore, with, within.
hegemon 2233, middle of a (presume) strengthened form of 71; to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively to deem, i.e. consider:------account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think.
generation1074 genea, from (a presumed derivative of) 1085; a generation; by implication an age (the period or the person):----age, generation, nation, time.
1085 genos, from 1096; “kin” (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective):----born, country, countryman, diversity, generation, kind, kindred, nation, offspring, stock.
1096 ginomai, a prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen” -erate). i.e. (reflexive) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively, etc.):-----arise, be assembled, be, become, befall, behave self, be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, God forbid, grow happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
because 3754 hoti, neuter of 3748 as conjecture; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causative because:------as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), (in) that, though, why.
life 2222 zoe, from 2198; life (literal or figurative):-----life, lifetime. Compare 5590.
5590 psyche, from 5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstract or concrete (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is merely vitality even of plants; these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416):-----heart, heartily, life, mind, soul, us, you.
taken 142 airo, a primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebrew [compare H5375] to expiate sin:-----away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
expiation (1828 Dict. def.):The act of atoning for a crime; the act of making satisfaction for an offense, by which the guilt is done away, and the obligation of the offended person to punish the crime is canceled; atonement; satisfaction. Among pagans and Jews, expiation was made chiefly by sacrifices or washings and purification. Among christians, expiation for the sins of men is usually considered as made only by the obedience and sufferings of Christ.
from 575
earth 1093 ge, contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each applications):-----country, earth, earthly, ground, land, world.
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