Mark 16:18
they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- shall take
- Genesis 3:15; Psalm 91:13; Luke 10:19; Acts 28:3–6; Romans 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.
- 2 Kings 4:39–41
- they shall lay
- Acts 3:6–8, 12, 16; Acts 4:10, 22, 30; Acts 5:15, 16; Acts 9:17, 18, 34, 40–42; Acts 19:12; Acts 28:8, 9; 1 Corinthians 12:9; James 5:14, 15