Acts 28:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Paul gathered a pile of sticks for the fire. He was putting the sticks on the fire, and a poisonous snake came out because of the heat and bit him on the hand.

Cross References

Matthew 23:33

“You are snakes! You are from a family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and go to hell!

Matthew 12:34

You snakes! You are so evil. How can you say anything good? What people say with their mouths comes from what fills their hearts.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him more. (I am crazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they have. I have been in prison more often. I have been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

Acts 28:4

When the people living on the island saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice does not want him to live.”

2 Corinthians 6:9

To some people we are not known, but we are well known. We seem to be dying, but look! We continue to live. We are punished, but we are not killed.

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run from God’s judgment that is coming?

Isaiah 59:5

You hatch evil, like eggs from a poisonous snake. Anyone who eats the eggs will die. And if you break one of them open, a poisonous snake will come out. Your lies are like spider webs.

Isaiah 41:24

“Look, you false gods are worthless. You cannot do anything. Only some horrible fool would want to worship you.”

Isaiah 30:6

This is a message about the Negev animals: There is a dangerous place full of lions, adders, deadly snakes, and useless people. And there are people who load their wealth onto donkeys and their treasures on the backs of camels. They carry them to a people who cannot help.

Job 20:16

What he drank will be like a snake’s poison; it will kill him like the bite of a deadly snake.

Amos 5:19

You will be like someone who escapes from a lion only to be attacked by a bear, or like someone who goes into the safety of his house, leans against the wall, and is bitten by a snake.

Mark 16:18

If they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be hurt. They will lay their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

Acts 28:2

The people who lived there were very good to us. It was raining and very cold, so they built a fire and welcomed all of us.