Acts 28:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

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  • Job 20:16 : 16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
  • Isa 41:24 : 24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooses you.
  • Isa 59:5 : 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, justice does not allow to live.
  • 2 Cor 6:9 : 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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  • Acts 28:4-9
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    4And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, justice does not allow to live.

    5And he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

    6However, they expected that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after they had looked a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

    7In the same region were estates of the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

    8And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, prayed, laid his hands on him, and healed him.

    9So when this was done, others who had diseases on the island also came and were healed.

  • Acts 28:1-2
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    1And when they had escaped, they learned that the island was called Malta.

    2And the native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because of the rain and the cold.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Num 15:32-33
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    32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.

    33And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.

  • Acts 19:11-12
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    11And God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,

    12So that handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

  • Acts 14:19
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    19Then certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

  • Num 21:8-9
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    8And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live.

    9And 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.

  • Num 21:6
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    6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

  • Job 20:16
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    16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

  • Acts 21:29-30
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    29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

    30And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

  • Mark 16:18
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    18They 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 21:27
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    27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

  • Acts 21:11
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    11And when he came to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

  • Exod 4:3-4
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    3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.

    4And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.

  • Acts 27:32
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    32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall away.

  • Acts 28:15
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    15And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.

  • Acts 21:32-33
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    32Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

    33Then the chief captain came near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.

  • Acts 16:29
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    29Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

  • Acts 27:19
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    19And on the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the ship's tackle.

  • Acts 27:30
    64%

    30And as the sailors were attempting to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretext of laying out anchors from the prow,

  • Acts 27:43-44
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    43But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land:

    44And the rest, some on boards, and some on parts of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safely to land.

  • 2 Cor 11:33
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    33But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.

  • Acts 27:17
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    17Which when they had taken up, they used aids to undergird the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they lowered the sail, and so were driven.

  • Jer 8:17
    64%

    17For behold, I will send serpents, vipers, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.

  • Acts 14:10-11
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    64%

    10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and walked.

    11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.

  • Acts 27:41
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    41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the stern was broken up by the violence of the waves.

  • Acts 13:11
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    11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately a mist and a darkness fell on him; and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

  • Acts 21:3
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    3Now when we spotted Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

  • Acts 16:19
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    19When her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.

  • Acts 19:16
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    16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
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    9Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.

  • Acts 13:8
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    8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

  • Acts 23:10
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    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul might be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 27:21
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    21But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in their midst, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete, and incurred this harm and loss.