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


In Context

2 The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, |No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.|

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

6 But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

7 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

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 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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