Acts 7:32

32. The place of the Scripture The section. When the persecutor Antiochus forbade the Law to be read, the Jews divided the prophets into fifty-four sections for reading in the public service. The section now being read by the eunuch was 53-56. The passage given by Luke (Isaiah 53:7-8) is undoubtedly from the Septuagint, a version made in Egypt, and familiar, of course, to the Ethiopian. It differs somewhat in meaning from the Hebrew.

Sheep… lamb dumb A vivid description of our Lord’s silent submission to sentence and death.