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Acts 28:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 28:3

Verse 3 of 31

Scripture focus

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.

Acts 28:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 28:3

Theological / Devotional

Paul had gathered. Again Paul was active in making his companions comfortable.

Sticks. Brushwood, perhaps driftwood also.

Viper. Snakes are said no longer to exist on Malta, but this is no proof that they did not in Paul’s day. In recent years, for example, snakes have been eliminated from the Hawaiian Islands.

Out of the heat. Numbed by the cold, perhaps already hibernating, the snake now became active and aware of danger.

By SdaBc