Acts 28:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire when a viper, escaping from the heat, fastened on his hand. 4 When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must certainly be a murderer; though he escaped the sea, Justice[a] has not let him remain alive.” 5 But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.
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- 28:4 Justice: in Greek mythology, the pursuing goddess of vengeance and justice.
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