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Acts 28:5

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

KJV

ὁ μὲν οὖν ἀποτινάξας τὸ θηρίον εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἔπαθεν οὐδὲν κακόν·

Greek NT

Et ille quidem excutiens bestiam in ignem, nihil mali passus est.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θηρίον
therion
noun · 45×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πάσχω
pascho
verb · 41×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
ἀποτινάσσω
apotinasso
verb · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210208.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210232.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Dan 3:25 — He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
  • Luke 10:19 — 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.
  • Luke 10:19 — 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 — 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.
  • Num 21:6 — And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
  • Ps 91:13 — Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
  • Ps 104:25 — So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
  • Rev 9:3 — 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.