" When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.” (Acts 28:4)
The eternal question has always been why do bad things happen to good people. For so long bad things happening were usually seen as a punishment for doing something bad. Then of course we began to notice that bad things happen to people who are actually good. And from there comes the question.
The presence of a large military force guarding Paul probably added to the original conclusion that he was a murderer. But then when the usual reaction to a viper bite didn't occur, they had to come up with a different answer.
The term being snake bit usually means having unexpected bad luck. But the question becomes how do we take that momentary affliction and turn it around so that it doesn't destroy us. Maybe like Paul did, we need to shake it off.
Blessings,
Ed
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