Acts 16:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They encourage the practice of customs which it is unlawful for us Romans to accept or observe! American Standard Version (1901) and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans. Common English Bible who promote customs that we Romans can’t accept or practice.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans. |
Haman said to King Achashverosh, *There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don's keep they the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them.
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
But the Perushim, when they saw it, said to him, *Behold, your talmidim do what is not lawful to do on the Shabbat.*
and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, *These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.