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Acts 16:21

19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

20 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

23 And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
KJV
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
WEB
and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
ASV
and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
DARBY
and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.
BLB
and proclaim customs not lawful for us, being Romans, to accept nor to practice.”
ÅB
og forkynner skikker som vi ikke har lov til å ta imot eller leve etter, vi som er romere.
OTB
og forkynner skikker som er ulovlige for oss romere å akseptere eller praktisere."
B1930
og forkynner skikker som vi ikke har lov til å ta imot eller leve efter, vi som er romere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Esther 3:8

    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

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  • Acts 16:12

    From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

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  • Jeremiah 10:3

    For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

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  • Acts 26:3

    especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.

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