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Acts 28:5

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28:5However,11 Paul12 shook13 the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

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Footnotes

  1. 11 οὖν 4 indicates the particle has an adversative sense here: “but, however.”
  2. 12 Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 13 Grk “shaking the creature off … he suffered no harm.” The participle ἀποτινάξας (apotinaxas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He, in turn, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

KJV 1900King James Version

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