5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. …
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)What a great variety of places and circumstances do we find Paul in! He was a planet, and not a fixed star. Here we have him in an island to which, in all probability, he had never come if he had not been thrown upon it by a storm; and yet it seems God has work for him to do here. Even stormy winds fulfil God’s counsel, and an ill wind indeed it is that blows nobody any good; this ill wind blew go…
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