# Acts 28:5

> But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

— Acts 28:5, 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

- Luke 10:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/10/19
- Mark 16:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/18
- Psalms 91:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/91/13
- Numbers 21:6-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/21/6
- Revelation 9:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/9/3

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).