Acts 28:3

Moreover, of{the Paul turn[ing]-together} of{dry-sticks} some multitude, and of{place[ing]-upon} upon the fire, [a] viper, from of{the warmth}, come[ing]-out, takes-hold-down of{the hand} of{same}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Besides, the foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit. "barbarians"] have-been-having-aside/presenting not the [normally]occurr[ing] fond-man-ia/humaneness to{us}, for, kindle[ing] [a] fire, they-take-toward-selves all us through the rain, the having-been-stood-upon, and through the cold.

4Moreover, as the foreign/non-Greek/uncivilized[translit "barbarians"] behold the [wild]animal being-hung out of{the hand} of{same}, they-have-been-saying toward one-another, all, "The man, the-same, is-being [a] murderer, whom, saved-through out of{the seawater}, the justice does_not_allow to-be-being-alive."

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Cross References

Matthew 3:7Moreover, behold[ing] many of{the Pharisees and Sadducees} being-come, upon the immerse-effect of{same}, he-says to{same}, "Beget-effects of{vipers}, who[?] shows-under to{you} to-flee from of{the about-to-be-being wrath}[?]

Matthew 23:33Serpents, beget-effects of{vipers}, how[?] you-may-flee from of{the judge-sis[i.e. state of judgment]} of{the Gehenna}[?]

2 Corinthians 6:9as being-unknown and being-known-upon, as dying-off/away and, behold, we-are-being-alive, as being-child-ed/chastised/disciplined and not being-put-to-death,

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 →

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