20 read the verse. complete the sentence. think of the spiritual meaning of each verse. "he was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." (isaiah 53: 7). jesus was afflicted for the (blank) of the world and yet he was quiet and innocent as a (blank) before it is slaughtered or killed.