Acts 28:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After Paul had gathered some wood and had put it on the fire, the heat caused a snake to crawl out, and it bit him on the hand.

Cross References

Matthew 23:33

You are nothing but snakes and the children of snakes! How can you escape going to hell?

Matthew 12:34

You are evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from Paul's hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He didn't drown in the sea, but the goddess of justice will kill him anyway.”

2 Corinthians 6:9

We are unknown to others, but well known to you. We seem to be dying, and yet we are still alive. We have been punished, but never killed,

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

Isaiah 59:5

You eat the deadly eggs of poisonous snakes, and more snakes crawl out from the eggs left to hatch. You weave spider's webs,

Isaiah 41:24

You idols are nothing, and you are powerless. To worship you would be disgusting.

Isaiah 30:6

This is a message about the animals of the Southern Desert: you people carry treasures on donkeys and camels. You travel to a feeble nation through a troublesome desert filled with lions and flying fiery dragons.

Job 20:16

They will die from the fangs of poisonous snakes

Amos 5:19

You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.

Mark 16:18

They will handle snakes and will drink poison and not be hurt. They will also heal sick people by placing their hands on them.

Acts 28:2

The local people were very friendly, and they welcomed us by building a fire, because it was rainy and cold.