...numerons accusations ; thereby fulfilling the words of the prophet Isaiah (chap. liii. 7,) " As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." And though Pilate knew the malice of the Jews, yet with all His subtilty, he could not well understand...

...I come to do thy will, O God." To this he went, not merely an unresisting, but a willing victim. " He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." The intensity of his sufferings was all foreseen; that painful and ignominious death was...

...the testimony of false witnesses condemned him to be crucified, he uttered not a revengeful word. " He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep...shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." And when afflicted with the bitterest agonies of death, so far was he from the spirit of revenge, that...

...people would have made him their king, he withdrew into retirement; and his meekness, that he w»s led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 34. But while possessing these extraordinary excellencies, the Messiah is represented by...

...performed. Behold, a gracious and most instructive type of Him, who possessed of Almighty power, " was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not his mouth ! " 1 When his enemies came to apprehend Him in the garden, they fell as dead men to the...

...the Everlasting God, the Prince of Peace, the Wonderful, the Counsellor; and, in the next, to be " led as a lamb to the slaughter, and, as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." He had announced in the one page, that he would open the eyes of the blind, let the prisoner...

...the room where the operation was to be performed, the words were forcibly impressed on her mind, " He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth," upon which she had such an overwhelming view of the Saviour's sufferings, that her own...

...could ! This i Satan's character; but John pointed to the Saviour and said, "Behold the Lamb of God." He was led "as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth :" so gentle anc unresisting was Jesus. Must we not al think that he is the best Master?...

...the more lay this to their hearts, as they have become an example to their other brethren. Our Lord was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep...shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. And does any one who lives through him and in him, dare to exalt himself and boast, unmindful of what the...

...in God's appointed way. Thus did our exalted Saviour bear his cross to the place of his crucifixion. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. It is supposed that the Saviour was offered in sacrifice to God on the very spot where Isaac...