^{30 Ref} And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

^{31 Ref} And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

^{32 Ref} The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

^{33 Ref} In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

^{30 Ref} and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

^{31 Ref} and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

^{32 Ref} And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

^{33 Ref} in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation -- who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.'

^{30 Ref} And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

^{31 Ref} And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

^{32 Ref} Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

^{33 Ref} Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.