Acts 16:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to adopt or observe.”

Cross References

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.

Jeremiah 10:3

For the customs of the peoples are false: a tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;

Matthew 12:2

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

Acts 16:12

and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days.

Acts 16:20

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men, these Jews, are disturbing our city

Acts 26:3

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg of you to listen to me patiently.