Mark 16:18

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4], it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. ^[5]

↑ They will pick up snakes and be unharmed, and whatever poison they drink will not hurt them.
↑ Some scholars believe that this sentence contains two Aramaic idioms.
↑ To pick up snakes could be a picture of overcoming one’s enemies (“snakes”, and drinking poison may be speaking of dealing with attacks on one’s character (poisonous words).
↑ The imagery is from Psalms 91:13
↑ King James Version (KJV)

[1] They will pick up snakes and be unharmed, and whatever poison they drink will not hurt them.

[2] Some scholars believe that this sentence contains two Aramaic idioms.

[3] To pick up snakes could be a picture of overcoming one’s enemies (“snakes”, and drinking poison may be speaking of dealing with attacks on one’s character (poisonous words).

[4] The imagery is from Psalms 91:13

[5] King James Version (KJV)

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