28:5

Paul shook the creature off into the fire: The snake’s fangs pierced Paul’s hand, so he needed to shake it loose. For example:

Paul shook the snake loose so that it fell into the fire

creature: The Greek word is literally “animal” as in 28:4a. You may want to translate the Greek word in the same way as you did in 28:4a, or call it “snake” here as the New International Version does.

and suffered no ill effects: The snake was poisonous, but God prevented its venom from harming Paul. Other ways to translate this clause are:

without being harmed at all (Good News Translation)
-or-
and was not hurt (New Century Version)

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