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Acts 28:5

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And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

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KJV King James Version

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

WEB World English Bible

However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.

ASV American Standard Version

Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

Surrounding context — Acts 28

2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.

8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

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