When the people of the island saw the snake hanging on his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer. He escaped from the sea, but justice is punishing him this way instead.”
Someone who isn’t circumcised physically, but who obeys the law, will show that you’re guilty if you break the law, even though you have it in writing and you are circumcised.
It was cold, and the slaves and officials were standing around a fire that they’d started so they could keep warm. Peter stood there with them, trying to stay warm too.
Paul gathered some sticks and put them on the fire. The heat drove out a poisonous snake that was in the bundle of sticks, and it bit Paul’s hand and remained there.
A person who eats everything must not look down someone who doesn’t. A person who doesn’t eat everything must not judge someone who does. God has accepted them.