Acts 28:4
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”Acts 28:4 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — પ્રેરિતોનાં કૃત્યો ૨૮:૪
- ત્યાંના વતનીઓએ તે પ્રાણીને તેના હાથ પર લટકતો જોઈને એક બીજાને કહ્યું કે, નિશ્ચે આ માણસ ખૂની છે, જો કે સમુદ્રમાંથી એ બચી ગયો છે ખરો, તોપણ ન્યાય એને જીવવા દેતો નથી.
- हिन्दी — प्रेरितों के काम २८:४
- जब उन निवासियों ने साँप को उसके हाथ में लटके हुए देखा, तो आपस में कहा, “सचमुच यह मनुष्य हत्यारा है, कि यद्यपि समुद्र से बच गया, तो भी न्याय ने जीवित रहने न दिया।”
In context
2The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the present rain and because of the cold.
3But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
4When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
5However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
6But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
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