Acts 28:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
In context
3 Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
4 When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
5 But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
6 The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
Acts 28:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
- KJV King James Version
- And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
- 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no harm.