Verse 21

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

Referenced Verses

• 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 diverse from [those of] every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them.
• 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.