Acts 28:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Then [Paul simply] shook off the small creature into the fire and suffered no evil effects.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

Common English Bible

⁵ Paul shook the snake into the fire and suffered no harm.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But shaking off the creature into the fire, he indeed suffered no ill effects.

Acts 28:5 Cross References

Luke 10:19

Indeed, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

Mark 16:18

they will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Psalm 91:13

You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

Romans 16:20

The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Acts 28:6

They were expecting him to swell up or drop dead, but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.