# Acts 28:3

> Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

— Acts 28:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Malta** (Mediterranean · today Malta) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/malta

## When

- c. AD 60-62 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 28:30 gives two full years of house arrest in Rome.

## Who ruled

- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9

## See also

- Matthew 23:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/23/33
- Matthew 12:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/12/34

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- On the voyage to Rome, on which island did Paul come safely ashore after the shipwreck? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-715c-b5f2-94177c7739ea

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).