Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 28:3

3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the hear, and fastened on his hand.

A Creature so venomous, that not only its biting, but (some say) its breath is deadly: This upon the warmth of the [illegible: 1 letter]ire, being be-nummed with the cold, and now refreshed, began to stir its self.

As it used to do when it biteth. God by this Miracle prepares this People not only to be civil and courteous unto Paul, but to believe the Gospel which he preached, wheresoever he went. And this wonderful work of God was (as Gods seal to his Ministry) to shew his Authority to be from him.