READ Acts 28 COMMENTARY: : 3        And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. (2191 “viper” [echidna] means snake, poisonous snake, or adder.) DEVOTION:  Paul had just escaped being shipwrecked at sea. The soldiers wanted to kill all the prisoners including Paul but the centurion in charge didn’t want to see it happen. They finally made it to shore safely and were gathering around a fire because of the cold and rain. Paul was a worker. He was not using his position to send someone else out to gather sticks to put on the fire. He was out gathering sticks. It was then that it was found out that there was a poisonous snake in the group of sticks. As Paul…