Acts 28:5
Strong's Lexicon
But
μὲν (men)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3303: A primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession; usually followed by a contrasted clause with de.

[Paul] shook
ἀποτινάξας (apotinaxas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 660: To shake off. From apo and tinasso; to brush off.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

creature
θηρίον (thērion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

{off} into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

fire
πῦρ (pyr)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4442: Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; 'fire'.

[and] suffered
ἔπαθεν (epathen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3958: I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer.

no
οὐδὲν (ouden)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3762: No one, none, nothing.

ill effects.
κακόν (kakon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

Young's Literal Translation
he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

New American Standard Bible
However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

King James Bible
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

New Living Translation
But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and was unharmed.

English Standard Version
He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

New American Standard Bible
However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

International Standard Version
But he shook the snake into the fire and wasn't harmed.

NET Bible
However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

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

English Revised Version
Howbeit he shook off the beast into the fire, and took no harm.

Young's Literal Translation
he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,
















Cross References
Mark 16:18
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.

Acts 28:6
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.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 28:4
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.

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.

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.

Acts 28:7
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.

Acts 28:8
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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