Acts 28:5

And he shook off ... - In this was remarkably fulfilled the promise of the Saviour Mark 16:18; “They shall take up serpents,” etc.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Inhabitants of Malta. The inhabitants of Malta were of Phoenician extraction; they are called barbarians in Acts 28:2 , as they spoke another...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And he . He then indeed. shook off . Greek. apotinasso . Only here, and Luke 9:5 . felt . suffered. no . nothing. Greek. oudeis. harm ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 5. Shaking off the viper. The shaking off of the viper is a token of a quiet mind. For we see how greatly fear doth trouble and weaken men...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1816 PAUL BITTEN BY A VIPER, AND UNINJURED Acts 28:3-6 . And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm - This is a presumptive evidence that...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he shook off the beast— This was exactly agreeable to what our Lord had promised that his disciples should do. See Mark 16:18 . Luke 10:19 a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. (See Mark 16:18 .)...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Jerusalem (Chs 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul a Prisoner at Rome 1. They.. they] RV 'we.. we.' Melita] RM 'Melitene.' Melita is certainly Malta, and not (as has been erroneously sup...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kindness Richly Repaid Acts 28:1-10 It is pleasant to read of the kindness of these Maltese. In humanity everywhere there are kindly traits, an...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

On land new perils threatened. While gathering sticks for a fire, a viper fastened on the apostle's hand. Shaking it off, he was unharmed. This convi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 kin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he shook off the beast into the fire ,.... Having held it a while, and as being master of it, and as not being afraid of it, though it was the r...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Ver. 5. And he shook off the beast ] So should we do false and slanderous reports; or...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he shook off , &c. Greek, αποτιναξας το θηριον, having shaken off the venomous animal into the fire, (the power of Christ interposing to p...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Very soon contacting inhabitants, they found that the island was called Melita, present day Malta. The people are called "barbarous," which only mean...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As Daniel in the lion's den. God is the God of nature, and the most natural properties are restrained when he pleases, and cannot be exerted without...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘However that may be he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.' But whatever the barbarians thought he shook off the creature into...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 28:1 . The best authorities read, “And when we were escaped, then we knew”—lit., And having been saved, then we knew ,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 28:1-3 . And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness:...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 28:1 . Melita, now Malta. This island seems to have been inhabited by runaways, for melim, in the language of Carthage, is to escape. It wa...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when they were escaped then they knew. Tomorrow, a revealer A great many things are clearer today than they were last night. Tomorrow will...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire. How to keep up the fire If a man wants a fire kept up, he must do his...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 28:1 We for they, A.V. and T.R. (twice). Was called . It reads as if it was the answer to their question to the natives,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey from Melita to Rome. Paul again in peril:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 3:14 ; John 3:15 ; Luke 10:19 ; Mark 16:18 ; Numbers 21:6-9 ; Psalms 91:13 ; Revelation 9:3 ; Revelation 9:4 ; Romans 16:20
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Having shaken off the venomous animal, he suffered no harm — The words of an eminent modern historian are, "No venomous kind of serpent now breeds...

⁵ And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

Related Commentaries of Acts 28:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 28:5