# shook the animal into the fire

"shook his hand so that the snake fell from his hand into the fire"

# suffered no harm

"Paul was not hurt at all"

# become inflamed with a fever

Possible meanings are 1) his body would swell because of the snake venom or 2) he would become very hot with fever.

# nothing was unusual with him

This can be stated in positive form. AT: "everything about him was as it should be" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])

# they changed their minds

To think differently about a situation is spoken of as if a person is changing his mind. AT: "they thought again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# said that he was a god

This can be stated as a direct quotation. AT: "said, 'This man must be a god'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# said that he was a god

Perhaps there was a belief that someone who lived after a poisonous snake bite was divine or a god.