Acts 16:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans. 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. |
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.
and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.
and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.