Acts 16:21 “by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or pract…”

Acts 16:21

by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

Geneva Bible 1599

And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

Darby Translation

and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

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

Acts 26:3 Jeremiah 10:3

Acts 26:3 · BSB

especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.

Jeremiah 10:3 · BSB

For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

Also

Esther 3:8 Acts 16:12

Esther 3:8 · BSB

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws…

Acts 16:12 · BSB

From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

Read Acts 16