8:26-33 What does V33 mean?
8:26-33 What does V33 mean?
The Ethiopian eunuch was reading Isa 53:7-8 (CP Isa 53:7-8). Isa 53 is a messianic prophecy - it foretells what was going to happen to Jesus. These particular verses speak of Jesus as the servant suffering for others, but in the end reaping his reward (CP V9-12).
God's set purpose for Jesus in His redemptive plan was that He had to die, and Jesus accepted the suffering leading up to His death completely submitted to God's will for Him (CP Lu 22:37-42 with 1Pe 2:21-23).
The servant in Isa 53 was to assume the figurative role of a sacrificial lamb led to the slaughter, and Jesus fulfilled this figurative role literally (CP Jn 1:29; 1Pe 1:18-20; Rev 5:6-10).
Jesus' trial was a mockery. He had no one to speak for Him and was denied natural justice. Utterly humiliated, He had His life taken from Him, and there was no one to declare the wickedness of those who took His life.
Starting at this passage Philip told the Ethiopian eunuch that it was Jesus Isaiah was talking about, and he then went on to tell the eunuch all about Jesus (CP Ac 8:34-35). See also author's study Old Testament Messianic Prophecies - their New Testament Fulfilment in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).