Acts 28:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Acts 28:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 28:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 28:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Acts 28:5 — World English Bible

Acts 28:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Acts 28:5 — American Standard Version

Acts 28:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Acts 28:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 28:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm. ”

Acts 28:5 — Darby Translation

Acts 28:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But he shooke off the worme into the fire, and felt no harme.”

Acts 28:5 — Geneva Bible

Acts 28:5 in Context — Acts 28

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.

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What Does Acts 28:5 Mean?

Acts 28:5 is a verse from the Book of Acts, part of the New Testament. It appears in Acts chapter 28. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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