Acts 28:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ Howbeit he shook off the beast into the fire, and took 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

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

Mark 16:18

they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Psalm 91:13

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.

Romans 16:20

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Acts 28:6

But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation, and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.