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.
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Isaiah 30:6The burden of the beasts of the south: 1 Into the land of trouble and anguish, 1 From whence come the young and old lion, 1 The viper and fiery flying serpent, 1 They will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, 1 And their treasures upon the bunches of camels, 1 To a people that shall not profit them. 1
Isaiah 59:5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, 1 And weave the spider’s web: 1 He that eateth of their eggs dieth, 1 And that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 1
Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Matthew Henry on Acts 28:2-11
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. 2 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. 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… Read the whole commentary →