21and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.


In Context

18 And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

19 And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;

20 and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

21 and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

22 And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

23 And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

Acts 16:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:21by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:21And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.