Acts 16:21

And are declaring customs, which it is not allowable for us either to accept or to observe, being Romans.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20and, leading them forward unto the magistrates, said—These men, are exceedingly troubling our city, they, being Jews,

22And the multitude rose up together against them, and, the magistrates, rending off them their mantles, were giving orders to beat them with rods;

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Cross References

Esther 3:8Then said Haman unto King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people, scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples, throughout all the provinces of thy kingdom,—whose laws, are diverse from every people, and, the laws of the king, they observe not, for the king, therefore, it is not fit, to suffer them.

Acts 16:12and, from thence, unto Philippi,—which, indeed, is the first city of the part of Macedonia—a colony. And we were, in this city, spending certain 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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