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


In Context

2 For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain, and of the cold.

3 And when Paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks, and had laid them on the fire, a viper coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand.

4 And 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.

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

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.

7 Now in these places were possessions of the chief man of the island, named Publius, who receiving us, for three days entertained us courteously.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:5He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt 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,