Acts 16:21

and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

20When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

22The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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Cross References

Esther 3:8Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed amongst the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.

Acts 16:12and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this 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 →

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