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


In Context

2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.

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, Justice has not allowed him to live."

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.

7 There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and for three days entertained us hospitably.

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 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 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,