Acts 16:21

and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men being Jews exceedingly trouble our city;

22And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat [them] with rods,

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Cross References

Esther 3:8And Haman says to King Ahasuerus, “There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of your kingdom, and their laws [are] diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to permit them;

Acts 16:12there also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia—a colony. And we were abiding in this city 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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