Psa 58:4, Mar 16:18, Act 28:3-6, Rom 3:13, 16:20 | TSK | STEP | poison. like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent. the deaf. adder or asp.{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.

Psalms 58:4

poison.

like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.

the deaf.

adder or asp.{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.

Job 20:14,16; Isa 11:8

Mark 16:18

shall take.

Ge 3:15; Ps 91:13; Lu 10:19; Ac 28:3-6; Ro 16:20

if.It is fully asserted here, that the apostles of our Lord should not lose their life by poison, and there is neither record nor tradition to disprove it. But it is worthy of remark, that Mohammed, who styled himself the apostle of God, lost his life by poison; and, had he been a true prophet, or a true apostle of God, he would not have fallen into the snare.

2Ki 4:39-41

they shall lay.

Ac 3:6-8,12,16; 4:10,22,30; 5:15,16; 9:17,18,34,40-42; 19:12

Ac 28:8,9; 1Co 12:9; Jas 5:14,15