Acts 16:21

WEB

²¹and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

KJV

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

BSB

²¹by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

FBV

²¹“They're advocating things that are illegal for us as Romans to accept or to practice.”

Extra References

Esther 3:8

⁸Haman 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 from 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 26:3

³especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

Jeremiah 10:3

³For 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 ax.

Acts 16:12

¹²and 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.