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Acts 28:3-6 KJV
Acts · chapter 28 · verses 3–6 · King James Version
3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. 6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.Acts 28:3-6 · King James Version
Acts 28:3-6 in context
1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
8And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- barbariansbarbarosone whose speech is rude, rough and harsh, one who speaks a foreign or strange language…G915 →
- themselvesallēlōnone another, reciprocally, mutuallyG240 →
- gatheredsystrephōto twist together, roll together, to collect, combine, unite, of men, to assembleG4962 →
- murdererphoneusa murderer, a homicideG5406 →
- suddenlyaphnōsuddenlyG869 →
- Howbeitdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- swollenpimprēmito blow, to burn, to cause to swell, to render timid, to swell, become swollen, of the…G4092 →
- bundleplēthosa multitude, a great number, of men or things, the whole number, the whole multitude, the…G4128 →
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