Acts 16:21

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'They are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.'

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  • Esth 3:8 : 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 differ from those of every other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws. Therefore, it is not beneficial for the king to tolerate them.
  • Acts 16:12 : 12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. We stayed there for several days.
  • Acts 26:3 : 3 Especially because you are so familiar with all the customs and controversies among the Jews. I therefore ask you to listen to me patiently.
  • Jer 10:3 : 3 For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

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  • Acts 16:19-20
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    19When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

    20They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

  • Acts 16:22-23
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    22The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.

    23After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

  • Acts 21:21-25
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    21'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.'

    22What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

    23So do what we tell you: There are four men with us who have made a vow.

    24Take these men, join in their purification rites, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth to these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

    25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.

  • Acts 16:37-39
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    37But Paul said to them, 'They have publicly beaten us without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. Now they want to release us secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!'

    38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.

    39So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

  • Acts 24:6-7
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    6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him and wanted to judge him according to our law.

    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 18:13
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    13They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 17:7-8
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    7And Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus.

    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

  • Acts 22:22-25
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    22They listened to him until this statement. Then they raised their voices, shouting, 'Rid the earth of this man! He should not be allowed to live!'

    23As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

    24the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this.

    25As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing there, 'Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t been condemned?'

  • Acts 25:16-17
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    16I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused has met their accusers face to face and has had an opportunity to defend himself against the charges.

    17When they came here, I did not delay, but the next day took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

  • Acts 6:14
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    14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Since we have heard that some have gone out from us and troubled you with teachings, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no such instructions,

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting over today’s events, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion." Having said this, he dismissed the assembly.

  • Acts 15:19-20
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    19Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

    20Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.

  • Acts 21:28-29
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    28Shouting, 'Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And now he has even brought Greeks into the temple, defiling this holy place.'

    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

  • Acts 5:27-28
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    27Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

    28We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21They replied, 'We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers who came here reported or said anything bad about you.'

    22But we would like to hear from you what you think, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12When we heard this, we and the local believers pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 4:16
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    16They said, 'What are we to do with these men? For it is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a notable sign has been performed through them, and we cannot deny it.'

  • Acts 17:19-20
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    19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

    20For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.

  • Acts 19:37
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    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 14:5
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    5When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

  • Luke 20:21-22
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    21So they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in truth.

    22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'

  • John 18:31
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    31Pilate told them, 'Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.' 'It’s not lawful for us to put anyone to death,' the Jewish leaders replied.

  • Acts 15:28
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    28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you except these necessary things:

  • Acts 16:4
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    4As they traveled from city to city, they shared the decisions that had been made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, instructing the believers to follow them.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

  • Acts 23:28
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    28Wanting to know the exact charge they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their council.

  • Acts 15:10
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    10Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the necks of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?