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Acts 16:21New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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21 and they are proclaiming customs that it is not lawful for us to adopt or practice, seeing that we are Romans.”
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Acts 16:21The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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21 καὶ καταγγέλλουσιν ἔθη ἃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν παραδέχεσθαι οὐδὲ ποιεῖν Ῥωμαίοις οὖσιν.
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Acts 16:21The Bible in Living English
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21 and promulgating usages which we have not the right to accept or practice, being Romans”;
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Acts 16:21American Standard Version
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21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
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Acts 16:21The Emphasized Bible
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21 And are declaring customs which it is not allowable for us either to accept or to observe being Romans.
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Acts 16:21King James Version
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21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
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Acts Study Notes—Chapter 16New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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we are Romans: The city of Philippi was a Roman colony, and its inhabitants were granted many privileges, possibly including a partial or secondary form of Roman citizenship. This may explain why they seem to have had a stronger attachment to Rome than would otherwise have been the case.—See study note on Ac 16:12.
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