Acts 16:21

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

In Context

20And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

22And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

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Cross References

Esther 3:8And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

Acts 16:12And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:17-25

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he… Read the whole commentary →

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