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Acts 28:3-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Acts 28:3-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand. 4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man is probably a murderer, and though he has escaped the sea, Justice[a] does not allow him to live!”(A) 5 However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.(B) 6 They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.(C)
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- Acts 28:4 Gk Dike, a goddess of justice
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