Acts 16:21 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 16:21

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

KJV

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ASV

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

WEB

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

About this book

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Esther 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Acts 16:12
And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
Acts 26:3
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Right or wrong, they would adhere to that, how vain soever, which they had received by tradition from their fathers. No foreign nor upstart deity must be allowed, without the approbation of the senate; the gods of their country must be their gods, true or false. This was one of the laws of the twelve tables.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans--Here also there was a measure of truth; as the introduction of new gods was forbidden by the laws, and this might be thought to apply to any change of religion.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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