5He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.


In Context

2 But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

3 And Paul having gathered a certain quantity of sticks together in a bundle and laid it on the fire, a viper coming out from the heat seized his hand.

4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer, whom, though saved out of the sea, Nemesis has not allowed to live.

5 He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

6 But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

7 Now in the country surrounding that place were the lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius, who received us and gave us hospitality three days in a very friendly way.

Acts 28:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:5And he indeed shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:5Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:5Howbeit he shook off the beast into the fire, and took no harm.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:5And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no harm.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:5However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:5he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,