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Acts 16:21
Acts 16:21 is verse 21 of Acts chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
King James Version
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
World English Bible
and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
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Acts 16:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
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
21 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 26:3especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
Jeremiah 10:3For 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.