Acts 16:21
and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or do.”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
In Context
20and bringing them before the magistrates they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
Cross References
Acts 16:12and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. We stayed some days in that city.
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 →