Acts 16:21
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
And teach customes which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, being Romanes.
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- Esther 3:8Rank 1 from verse 21
8¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
8¶ And Haman saide vnto king Ahasuerus: There is a certaine people scattered abroad, and dispersed among the people, in all the prouinces of thy kingdome, and their lawes are diuerse from all people, neither keepe they the kings lawes; therefore it is not †for the kings profit to suffer them.
- Acts 16:12Rank 2 from verse 21
- Jeremiah 10:3Rank 4 from verse 21
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Acts 16:21
To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Allowed, permitted, authorized, valid, right, or in agreement with the governing law or command applicable to the matter.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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Sense 1: To watch, notice, behold, or take heed of. Sense 2: To keep, carefully perform, or comply with.
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Natives or citizens of Rome.
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20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
20And brought them to the Magistrates, saying, These men being Iewes, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
21And teach customes which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, being Romanes.
Selected passage22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
22And the multitude rose vp together against them, and the Magistrates rent off their clothes, *and commanded to beate them.