Acts 8:32 · WEB
“Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.”
— Acts 8:32
Era
Early Church (~50 AD)
Emotion
grieving
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
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