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Acts 28:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 28 · verse 5 · King James Version
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.Acts 28:5 · King James Version
Acts 28:5 in context
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.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- beastthērionan animal, a wild animal, wild beast, beast, metaph. a brutal, bestial man, savage…G2342 →
- firepyrfireG4442 →
- feltpaschōto be affected or have been affected, to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo, in…G3958 →
- offapotinassōto shake offG660 →
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