Acts 16:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to adopt or observe.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They encourage the practice of customs which it is unlawful for us Romans to accept or observe! American Standard Version (1901) and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans. Common English Bible who promote customs that we Romans can’t accept or practice.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they are announcing a way which is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, since we are Romans." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans. |
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.
For the customs of the peoples are false: a tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days.
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men, these Jews, are disturbing our city
because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg of you to listen to me patiently.