Acts 28:2-4

Tree of Life Version

² The natives showed us unusual kindness. Because it had started raining and it was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed us all.

³ But when Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and placed it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. ⁴ When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Though he has been saved from the sea, Justice^[a] has not allowed him to live.”