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Act 8:32. Ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ, but [now] the passage) By means of that 53d chapter of Isaiah, not only many Jews, but even Atheists, have been converted: history records the names of some of these; GOD knows them all.-ὡς πρόβατον-κείροντος αὐτὸν-ταπεινώσει αὐτοῦ-τὴν δὲ γενεὰν, κ.τ.λ.) So the LXX., Isa 53:7-8; except that they have not αὐτὸν, αὐτοῦ, and δέ.-ἤχθη) It suffered itself to be led, i.e. the sheep: ἤχθη is connected with πρόβατον, and ἄφωνος with ἀμνός. For the Apodosis begins at οὕτως, so. Comp the Hebrew accents, Ὡς is put for καθώς, even as: Rom 5:18, ὡς διʼ ἑιὸς,-οὕτως καὶ: 2Co 11:3. It is not a mere simile (icon), but a comparison.-ἄφωνος, dumb, without a voice) though it has a voice, using none, as though it had none.