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:
The place, х periochee (G4042)] - the 'portion,' or 'section;' not 'contents' (as most modern critics render the word (from 1 Peter 2:6, where the verb certainly has this sense)
Of the scripture which he read was this. What follows is from Isaiah 53:7-8, almost verbatim as in the Septuagint,