and proclaim customs that are not permitted for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.
And Haman said to 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, nor do they keep the king's
Especially thee, being an expert of all things regarding Jews, both habits and issues. Therefore I beg thee to hear me patiently.
and from there to Philippi, which is a principle city of the district of Macedonia colony. And we were in the same city remaining some days.
For the customs of the peoples are vanity. For [a man] cuts 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 to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the Sabbath.
And after bringing them to the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, disturb our city,