23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Isa 53:7 · adapted
  "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
  Isaiah: like a sheep led to slaughter — the Ethiopian eunuch reads

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Lamb of God
• Suffering Servant

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 5:7 — Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
• 1Pet 1:19 — But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
• 1Pet 1:19 — But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
• 1Pet 2:21 — For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
• 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
• Isa 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
• Isa 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
• Jas 5:6 — Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
• Jer 11:19 — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off
• Jer 12:3 — But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
• Jer 51:40 — I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• John 18:9 — That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
• Luke 23:34 — Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
• Matt 26:62 — And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
• Ps 39:2 — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
• Ps 39:9 — I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
• Ps 44:11 — Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
• Rev 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spir
• Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.