Acts 16:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans.

Acts 16:21 Cross References

Esther 3:8

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.

Jeremiah 10:3

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.

Matthew 12:2

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.

Acts 16:12

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.

Acts 16:20

and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Acts 26:3

especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.