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Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/acts/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> He was humiliated and received no justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.” <a href="/esv/acts/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” <a href="/bsb/acts/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.” <a href="/blb/acts/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> In His humiliation, justice was taken away from Him. Who will describe His generation? For His life is removed from the earth." <a href="/kjv/acts/8.htm">King James Bible</a> In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. <a href="/nkjv/acts/8.htm">New King James Version</a> In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.” <a href="/nasb_/acts/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “IN HUMILIATION HIS JUSTICE WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL DESCRIBE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE EARTH.” <a href="/nasb/acts/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL RELATE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/acts/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO SHALL RELATE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH.” <a href="/lsb/acts/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL RECOUNT HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH.” <a href="/amp/acts/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY [justice was denied Him]. WHO WILL DESCRIBE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH.” <a href="/csb/acts/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who will describe his generation? For his life is taken from the earth. <a href="/hcsb/acts/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In His humiliation justice was denied Him. Who will describe His generation? For His life is taken from the earth. <a href="/asv/acts/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. <a href="/cev/acts/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He was treated like a nobody and did not receive a fair trial. How can he have children, if his life is snatched away?" <a href="/erv/acts/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. <a href="/gwt/acts/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When he humbled himself, he was not judged fairly. Who from his generation will talk about his life on earth being cut short?" <a href="/gnt/acts/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> He was humiliated, and justice was denied him. No one will be able to tell about his descendants, because his life on earth has come to an end." <a href="/isv/acts/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> In his humiliation, justice was denied him. Who can describe his descendants? For his life is taken away from the earth." <a href="/msb/acts/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.? <a href="/net/acts/8.htm">NET Bible</a> In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth." <a href="/nheb/acts/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In his humiliation his justice was taken away. Who will declare his generation? For his life is taken from the earth." <a href="/wbt/acts/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. <a href="/wey/acts/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In His humiliation justice was denied Him. Who will make known His posterity? For He is destroyed from among men." <a href="/web/acts/8.htm">World English Bible</a> In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, "" And His generation—who will declare? Because His life is taken from the earth.” <a href="/blb/acts/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> In His humiliation, justice was taken away from Him. Who will describe His generation? For His life is removed from the earth." <a href="/ylt/acts/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation -- who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.' <a href="/slt/acts/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In his humiliation was his judgment taken away: and his generation who shall recount? for his life is taken from the earth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In humility his judgment was taken away. His generation who shall declare, for his life shall be taken from the earth? <a href="/cpdv/acts/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He endured his judgment with humility. Who of his generation shall describe how his life was taken away from the earth?” <a href="/nabre/acts/8.htm">New American Bible</a> In [his] humiliation justice was denied him. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life is taken from the earth.” <a href="/nrsvce/acts/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In his humiliation, he suffered imprisonment and judgment: none can tell his struggle, for even his life is taken away from the earth. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “He was led in his humility from imprisonment and from judgment and who will narrate his time? For his life is taken from The Earth.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> in his humiliation. The sentence against him was taken away; but who shall describe the men of his generation? For his life was taken from the earth. <a href="/godbey/acts/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? because his life is taken from the earth. <a href="/haweis/acts/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> in his humiliation his judgment was taken away: but his generation who can describe? for his life was taken away from the earth.?<RX 23.53.7-8> <a href="/mace/acts/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> in his humiliation he was judged, he was taken off: and who shall describe the men of his time? for the land has taken away his life." <a href="/wey/acts/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In His humiliation justice was denied Him. Who will make known His posterity? For He is destroyed from among men." <a href="/worrell/acts/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> In His humiliation, His judgment was taken away; His generation who shall declare? because His life is being taken away from the earth." <a href="/worsley/acts/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> in his humiliation his judgement was taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken away from the earth." <a href="/parallel/acts/8-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2612" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/8.htm">Philip and the Ethiopian</a> …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. 33<a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: En (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">In</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/5014.htm" title="5014: tapeinōsei (N-DFS) -- Abasement (in spirit), low condition (in circumstances). From tapeinoo; depression.">humiliation</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">He</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: ērthē (V-AIP-3S) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">was deprived</a> <a href="/greek/2920.htm" title="2920: krisis (N-NFS) -- Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.">of justice.</a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">Who</a> <a href="/greek/1334.htm" title="1334: diēgēsetai (V-FIM-3S) -- To relate in full, describe, narrate. From dia and hegeomai; to relate fully.">can recount</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1074.htm" title="1074: genean (N-AFS) -- From genos; a generation; by implication, an age.">descendants?</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">For</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōē (N-NFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">life</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: airetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">was removed</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēs (N-GFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">earth.”</a> 34“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7-8</a> 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. / By 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. <a href="/matthew/27-12.htm">Matthew 27:12-14</a> And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer. / Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?” / But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement. <a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22-23</a> “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” / 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. <a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7-8</a> but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. / And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. <a href="/luke/23-9.htm">Luke 23:9-11</a> Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer. / Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him. / And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate. <a href="/john/19-9.htm">John 19:9-11</a> and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer. / So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?” / Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.” <a href="/mark/15-3.htm">Mark 15:3-5</a> And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things. / Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!” / But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3-4</a> For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, <a href="/romans/4-25.htm">Romans 4:25</a> He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification. <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2-3</a> Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. / Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. <a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">Psalm 22:6-8</a> But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. / All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.” <a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Isaiah 50:6-7</a> I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. / Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Jeremiah 11:19</a> 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.” <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Zechariah 13:7</a> Awake, 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. <a href="/matthew/26-63.htm">Matthew 26:63</a> 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.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.his humiliation.<a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Philippians 2:8,9</a> And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross… judgment.<a href="/job/27-2.htm">Job 27:2</a> As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;<a href="/job/34-5.htm">Job 34:5</a> For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.<a href="/isaiah/5-23.htm">Isaiah 5:23</a> Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!and who.<a href="/psalms/22-30.htm">Psalm 22:30</a> A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.<a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Isaiah 53:8,12</a> He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken… for.<a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a> My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.<a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10,12</a> Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand… <a href="/daniel/9-26.htm">Daniel 9:26</a> And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/acts/8-32.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/acts/2-4.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/john/12-36.htm">Degree</a> <a href="/acts/3-14.htm">Denied</a> <a href="/luke/10-42.htm">Deprived</a> <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/luke/8-39.htm">Describe</a> <a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Family</a> <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Generation</a> <a href="/acts/8-6.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/john/19-13.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/acts/7-24.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/acts/5-30.htm">Life</a> <a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/luke/24-35.htm">Relate</a> <a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Speak</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/10-21.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/acts/18-18.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/acts/9-27.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-12.htm">Degree</a> <a href="/acts/19-36.htm">Denied</a> <a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Deprived</a> <a href="/acts/9-15.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Describe</a> <a href="/acts/9-21.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/acts/9-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/acts/10-2.htm">Family</a> <a href="/acts/13-36.htm">Generation</a> <a href="/acts/9-7.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/acts/15-19.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/acts/24-10.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/acts/9-30.htm">Life</a> <a href="/acts/13-23.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/acts/21-19.htm">Relate</a> <a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/8-35.htm">Speak</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 8</div>1. <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, </a> 4. <a href="/acts/8-4.htm">by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many;</a> 9. <a href="/acts/8-9.htm">among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people;</a> 14. <a href="/acts/8-14.htm">Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church; </a> 15. <a href="/acts/8-15.htm">where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Spirit;</a> 18. <a href="/acts/8-18.htm">when Simon would have bought the like power of them, </a> 20. <a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, </a> 22. <a href="/acts/8-22.htm">and exhorting him to repentance, </a> 25. <a href="/acts/8-25.htm">together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem;</a> 26. <a href="/acts/8-26.htm">but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase refers to the suffering and unjust treatment of Jesus Christ during His trial and crucifixion. The term "humiliation" highlights the depth of His suffering and the indignity He endured, despite His innocence. This connects to <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7-8</a>, a prophecy about the Suffering Servant, which foretells the Messiah's unjust treatment. Historically, Roman trials were known for their harshness, and Jesus' trial was marked by false accusations and a lack of fair legal proceedings. The Jewish leaders and Roman authorities both played roles in this miscarriage of justice, fulfilling the prophecy that the Messiah would be "oppressed and afflicted."Who can recount His descendants? This phrase raises the question of Jesus' lineage and legacy. In a literal sense, Jesus had no biological children, but His "descendants" can be understood spiritually. Believers in Christ are often referred to as His spiritual offspring, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12-13</a> and <a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26-29</a>, where faith in Christ makes one a child of God. The rhetorical question emphasizes the vast and uncountable nature of His spiritual progeny, fulfilling the promise to Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars (<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a>), now extended through faith in Christ.For His life was removed from the earth. This phrase speaks to the crucifixion and death of Jesus, where His earthly life was prematurely ended. It underscores the sacrificial nature of His death, which was necessary for the redemption of humanity. The removal of His life from the earth also points to the temporary nature of His death, as it was followed by His resurrection, a cornerstone of Christian faith. This event is central to the Gospel message, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3-4</a>, where Paul emphasizes the death and resurrection of Christ as of "first importance." The phrase also echoes the prophecy in <a href="/daniel/9-26.htm">Daniel 9:26</a>, where the Anointed One is "cut off" but not for Himself, indicating the substitutionary atonement of Jesus for the sins of the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/philip_the_evangelist.htm">Philip the Evangelist</a> A deacon in the early church who was led by the Holy Spirit to meet the Ethiopian eunuch on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. He explains the passage from Isaiah to the eunuch. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ethiopian_eunuch.htm">Ethiopian Eunuch</a> A high official in charge of the treasury of the Queen of the Ethiopians. He was returning from worshiping in Jerusalem and was reading the book of Isaiah when Philip encountered him. 3. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah_the_prophet.htm">Isaiah the Prophet</a> The Old Testament prophet whose writings are being read by the Ethiopian eunuch. The passage in question is from <a href="/bsb/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which is a prophecy about the suffering servant, widely understood to refer to Jesus Christ. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where the Ethiopian eunuch had gone to worship, and from where he was returning when he met Philip. 5. <a href="/topical/g/gaza.htm">Gaza</a> The road to which Philip was directed by an angel of the Lord to meet the Ethiopian eunuch.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_prophecy.htm">Understanding Prophecy</a> <a href="/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33</a> is a fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy. Believers are encouraged to study the Old Testament to see how it points to Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_injustice_of_the_cross.htm">The Injustice of the Cross</a> Jesus' experience of denied justice is a reminder of the world's brokenness and the ultimate justice that God will bring. <a href="/topical/h/humility_and_sacrifice.htm">Humility and Sacrifice</a> Jesus' humiliation is a model for believers to follow in humility and self-sacrifice, trusting in God's plan. <a href="/topical/e/evangelism_and_guidance.htm">Evangelism and Guidance</a> Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch shows the importance of being open to the Holy Spirit's leading in sharing the Gospel. <a href="/topical/t/the_global_reach_of_the_gospel.htm">The Global Reach of the Gospel</a> The Ethiopian eunuch's conversion signifies the spread of the Gospel beyond Jewish boundaries, emphasizing the universal call of the Gospel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 8</a> <a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a> <a href="/q/does_micah_6_8_conflict_with_ot_laws.htm">Does Micah 6:8's emphasis on justice, mercy, and humility conflict with the harsher laws found elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/who_bought_shechem's_burial_site,_abraham_or_jacob.htm">In Acts 7:16, Stephen says Abraham bought a burial place in Shechem, yet Genesis 33:19 credits Jacob with that purchase. Which account is correct?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_75_8_align_with_god's_love.htm">Psalm 75:8 depicts God forcing the wicked to drink a cup of wrath; how does this harmonize with notions of a loving and merciful God in the New Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) In his humiliation his judgment was taken away.--The Hebrew runs, as in the English version of <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm" title="He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.">Isaiah 53:8</a>, which fairly represents its natural construction, "He was taken from prison (or oppression) and from judgment," i.e., was delivered from His sufferings just when they seemed to culminate. A different meaning has, however, been given to the Hebrew preposition by many scholars, who render the words, "Through oppression and [unjust] judgment He was taken away"--i.e., He was the victim of a judicial murder. The LXX., which is here followed, seems to have adopted a different construction, "By His humiliation, by His low estate, His judgment (i.e., the righteous judgment which was His due) was taken away." Here also, however, the word "judgment" has been taken in a different sense, and the words have been interpreted as meaning, "His condemnation was taken away, or cancelled"--i.e., because He humbled Himself He was afterwards exalted. Assuming Philip to have explained the words as they stand in the LXX., the first of these two latter interpretations has most to commend itself. The story of the Passion, the unrighteous sentence passed on the Lord Jesus because He stood before the Council and the Governor as poor and friendless, would be dwelt on as filling in the outlines of the prophetic picture.Who shall declare his generation?--The Hebrew noun may mean, as in <a href="/psalms/14-5.htm" title="There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.">Psalm 14:5</a>, the men of a given period, or those sharing a common character. The words have, however, been very variously taken: (1) "Who shall declare the number of those who share His life, and are, as it were, sprung from Him"--i.e., Who can count His faithful disciples? (2) "Who shall declare the wickedness of the crooked and perverse generation in which He lived?" (3) "Who, as far as His generation went, were wise enough to consider?" Assuming, as before, that it was the LXX. that Philip explained, the second of these seems preferable, as corresponding with the frequent use of the word "generation" with condemnatory epithets attached to it both by our Lord Himself (<a href="/context/matthew/12-39.htm" title="But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:">Matthew 12:39-42</a>; <a href="/matthew/16-4.htm" title="A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.">Matthew 16:4</a>; <a href="/matthew/17-17.htm" title="Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.">Matthew 17:17</a>) and His Apostles (<a href="/acts/2-40.htm" title="And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.">Acts 2:40</a>; <a href="/philippians/2-15.htm" title="That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the middle of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;">Philippians 2:15</a>). The sense which some commentators have affixed to it, "Who shall declare His duration?" "Who shall set limits to the life of Him who is One with the Eternal?" or, as others, "Who shall declare the mystery of His mode of birth?"--i.e., of the Incarnation--are, it is believed, untenable as regards the Hebrew, and yet more so as regards the Greek. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 33. - His generation who shall declare? for and who shall declare his generation? A.V. and T.R. The preceding quotation is taken verbatim from the LXX., which, however, varies somewhat from the Hebrew. In this verse, for the Hebrew as rendered in the A.V., "He was taken from prison and from judgment," the LXX. has, "In his humiliation his judgment was taken away," having evidently read in their copy מֵעֹצְרו מִשְׁפָטו, or perhaps בְעצְרו, "Through [or, 'in'] his oppression [humiliation] his judgment was taken away." Mr. Cheyne translates the Hebrew, "Through oppression and through a judgment [sentence] he was taken "away [to death]." For the Hebrew of the A.V., "He was cut off out of the land of the living," the LXX. has, "His life is taken from the earth," where they must have read חַיו, "his life," as the subject of the verb, instead of חַיִּים, the living, taken in construction with אֶרֶץ , the earth. The differences, however, are not material in regard to the general meaning of the passage. His generation who shall declare? The explanation of this difficult expression belongs tea commentary on Isaiah. Here it must suffice to say that the explanation most in accordance with the meaning of the Hebrew words (יְשׂחֵחַ and דורו), with the context, and with the turn of thought in <a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Isaiah 38:10-12</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Jeremiah 11:19</a>, is that given in the 'Speaker's Commentary:' "Who will consider, give serious thought to, his life or age, seeing it is so prematurely cut off?" which is merely another way of saying that Messiah should "be cut off" (<a href="/daniel/9-26.htm">Daniel 9:26</a>)" from the land of the living, that his Name be no more remembered" (Jeremiah, as above). It was the frustration of this hope of Jesus being forgotten in consequence of his death that so troubled the Sanhedrim (<a href="/acts/5-28.htm">Acts 5:28</a>). <a href="/commentaries/acts/8-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>In Ἐν (En) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. humiliation ταπεινώσει (tapeinōsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5014.htm">Strong's 5014: </a> Abasement (in spirit), low condition (in circumstances). From tapeinoo; depression. He αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. was deprived ἤρθη (ērthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. of justice. κρίσις (krisis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2920.htm">Strong's 2920: </a> Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice. Who τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. can recount διηγήσεται (diēgēsetai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1334.htm">Strong's 1334: </a> To relate in full, describe, narrate. From dia and hegeomai; to relate fully. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. descendants? γενεὰν (genean) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1074.htm">Strong's 1074: </a> From genos; a generation; by implication, an age. For ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. life ζωὴ (zōē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. was removed αἴρεται (airetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. earth.” γῆς (gēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/8-33.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/8-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 8:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 8:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/8-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 8:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 8:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>