Acts 16:21

World English Bible (2000)

and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."

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  • Esth 3:8 : 8 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "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't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.
  • Acts 16:12 : 12 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.
  • Acts 26:3 : 3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
  • Jer 10:3 : 3 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.

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    19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

    20When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

  • Acts 16:22-23
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    22The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

  • Acts 21:21-25
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    21They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.

    22What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come.

    23Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.

    24Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

    25But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."

  • Acts 16:37-39
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    37But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"

    38The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

    39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

  • Acts 24:6-7
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    6He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.

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  • Acts 28:17
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    17It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

  • Acts 18:13
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    13saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

  • Acts 17:7-8
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    7whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"

    8The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

  • Acts 22:22-25
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    22They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

    23As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

    24the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

    25When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"

  • Acts 25:16-17
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    16To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

    17When therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

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

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;

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    40For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

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    19"Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,

    20but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.

  • Acts 21:28-29
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    28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

    29For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

  • Acts 5:27-28
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    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

    28saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

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  • 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, which is spoken by you?

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

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    18Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

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  • Luke 20:21-22
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    21They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

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    4As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

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

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    28Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

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    10Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?