Acts 28:5
Good News Translation
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being harmed at all.

New Revised Standard Version
He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

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

New American Bible
But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm.

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Numbers 21:6-9 Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them. . . .

Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hand upon the sick: and they shall recover.

Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you.

John 3:14,15 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: . . .

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Revelation 9:3,4 And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. . . .

Context
Ashore on Malta
4And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live. 5And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm. 6But they supposed that he would begin to swell up and that he would suddenly fall down and die. But expecting long and seeing that there came no harm to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.…
Cross References
Mark 16:18
They shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hand upon the sick: and they shall recover.

Acts 28:6
But they supposed that he would begin to swell up and that he would suddenly fall down and die. But expecting long and seeing that there came no harm to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

Acts 28:4
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