KJV: And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
YLT: he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,
Darby: He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.
ASV: Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.
| ὁ | The [one] |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| μὲν | indeed |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: μέν Sense: truly, certainly, surely, indeed. |
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| ἀποτινάξας | having shaken off |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀποτινάσσω Sense: to shake off. |
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| θηρίον | creature |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: θηρίον Sense: an animal. |
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| εἰς | into |
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Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among. |
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| πῦρ | fire |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: πῦρ Sense: fire. |
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| ἔπαθεν | he suffered |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: πάσχω Sense: to be affected or have been affected, to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo. |
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| οὐδὲν | no |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: οὐδείς Sense: no one, nothing. |
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| κακόν | injury |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: κακός Sense: of a bad nature. |
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Greek Commentary for Acts 28:5
First aorist active participle of αποτινασσω apotinassō to shake off. Rare word (Euripides, Galen, lxx). In N.T. only here and Luke 9:5. [source]
Luke uses the word in the same way as the medical writers, who employed it to denote venomous serpents, and particularly the viper; so much so that an antidote, made chiefly from the flesh of vipers, was termed θηριακή . A curious bit of etymological history attaches to this latter word. From it came the Latin theriaca, of which our treacle (molasses) is a corruption. Treacle, therefore, is originally a preparation of viper's flesh, and was used later of any antidote. Thus Coverdale's translation of Jeremiah 8:22has, “There is no more treacle in Gilead.” Gurnall (“Christian in Complete Armor”) says: “The saints' experiences help them to a sovereign treacle made of the scorpion's own flesh (which they through Christ have slain), and that hath a virtue above all other to expel the venom of Satan's temptations from the heart.” So Jeremy Taylor' “We kill the viper and make treacle of him.” [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 28:5
Quadrupeds. Not beasts generally, nor wild beasts only. In Acts 28:4, Acts 28:5, the word is used of the viper which fastened on Paul's hand. In Peter's vision (Acts 10:19; Acts 11:6) there is a different classification from the one here; quadrupeds being denoted by a specific term, τετράποδα , four-footed creatures. There θηρία includes fishes, which in this passage are classed as ἐναλίων , things in the sea. [source]