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Acts 28:5

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

And {G3303}{G3767} he shook off {G660} the beast {G2342} into {G1519} the fire {G4442}, and felt {G3958} no {G3762} harm {G2556}.

But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Luke 10:19 (14 votes)

    Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

  • Mark 16:18 (7 votes)

    They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  • Psalms 91:13 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

  • Revelation 9:3 (2 votes)

    And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

  • Revelation 9:4 (2 votes)

    And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

  • Numbers 21:6 (2 votes)

    And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

  • Numbers 21:9 (2 votes)

    And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.