Acts 28:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 28:5

3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.”

5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and ^asuffered no harm.

6 However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and ^asaid that he was a god.

7 In that region there was an estate of the¹ leading citizen of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days.

8 And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and ^aprayed, and ^bhe laid his hands on him and healed him.

Verse Comparison: Acts 28:5

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American Standard Version
Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

Amplified® Bible
Then [Paul simply] shook off the small creature into the fire and suffered no evil effects.

Contemporary English Version
Paul shook the snake off into the fire and wasn't harmed.

Darby English Version
*He* however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

Good News Bible
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being harmed at all.

International Standard Version
But he shook the snake into the fire and wasn't harmed.

King James Version
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

New American Standard Bible
However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

New International Version
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

New King James Version
But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Young's Literal Translation
he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

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