Acts 16:21

The English Standar Version

They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice."

Cross References

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed 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 to the king's profit to tolerate them.

Jeremiah 10:3

for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[1] A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

Matthew 12:2

But 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[4] district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.

Acts 16:20

And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

Acts 26:3

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