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Acts 28:5-6. New International Version. 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. Read full chapter.
Ashore on Malta … 4 When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5 But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead.
But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. And he indeed shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm. Howbeit he shook off the beast into the fire, and took no harm. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.
Mr. Lewin, however (St. Paul, ii. 208), states that he saw a serpent, near St. Paul's Bay, that looked very like a viper; and even if he were mistaken in this, it would be natural enough that venomous snakes should disappear under the influence of culture, as they have done elsewhere, in the course of 1800 years.
Acts 28:5 In-Context. 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to ...
5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. English Standard Version. 5 He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. The Message. 5 Paul shook the snake off into the fire, none the worse for wear. New King James Version. 5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. New Living ...
NIV But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. NASB However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. CSB But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm. NLT But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and was unharmed. KJV And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
