Acts 28:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

Cross References

Matthew 23:33

‘Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?   ,

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow   of the heart.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman #– #I’m a better one: with far more labours, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.’

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, yet recognised; as dying, yet see #– #we live; as being disciplined, yet not killed;

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees  coming to his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch viper’s eggs and weave spider’s webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

Isaiah 41:24

Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

Isaiah 30:6

A pronouncement  concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people who will not help them.

Job 20:16

He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs  will kill him.

Amos 5:19

It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.

Mark 16:18

they will pick up snakes;   , if they should drink anything deadly, it will not harm   them; they will lay hands on   the sick, and they will get well.’

Acts 28:2

The local people  showed us extraordinary kindness. They lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.