5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
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.
28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
28:5And he indeed shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm.
28:5Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.
28:5He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.
28:5Howbeit he shook off the beast into the fire, and took no harm.
28:5And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no harm.
28:5However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.
28:5he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,