Acts 16:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ 9 Then calling for a light, he went in, and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ They encourage the practice of customs which it is unlawful for us Romans to accept or observe!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

Common English Bible

²¹ who promote customs that we Romans can’t accept or practice.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And they are announcing a way which is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, since we are Romans."

Acts 16:21 Cross References

Esther 3:8

3 Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.

Jeremiah 10:3

1 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.

Matthew 12:2

0 And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Acts 16:12

0 And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews;

Acts 16:20

8 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying: Do thyself no harm, for we all are here.

Acts 26:3

1 And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.