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As Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and laid it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he escaped from the sea, Justice[a] has not allowed him to live.”

However, Paul shook the snake off into the fire and was not harmed.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:4 Or justice. They likely meant a Greek goddess called Justice.