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Acts 28:4

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Acts 28:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 28:4

Theological / Devotional

Venomous beast. Literally, “creature.”

Hang on his hand. The snake had not merely bitten Paul’s hand, but remained hanging there.

Vengeance. Gr. dike, “justice,” “punishment.” To the Maltese, Paul was a wrongdoer whom the gods now punished with the lethal bite of a serpent.

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