Acts 16:21

James Moffatt - New Testament

they are proclaiming customs which as Romans we are not allowed to accept or observe!"

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for you are well acquainted with all Jewish customs and questions. Pray listen to me then with patience.

We then came to the Roman colony of Philippi, which is the foremost town of the district of Macedonia. In this town we spent some days.

When the Pharisees noticed it, they said to him, "Look at your disciples, they are doing what is not allowed on the sabbath."

Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town;