Hechos 16:21

21 y proclaman costumbres que no nos es lícito aceptar ni observar, puesto que somos romanos.

Hechos 16:21 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:21

And teach customs
The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read in the singular number, "custom or law"; referring to the doctrine of salvation by Christ, in whose name the spirit of divination was cast out of the maid, and whom they took for a new deity; and so concluded that the apostle and his company were introducing a new religious law or custom, the worship of another God: which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being
Romans;
for the city of Philippi was a Roman colony, and so the inhabitants of it called themselves Romans; or these men might be strictly such, who were transplanted hither; and with the Romans, it was not lawful to receive, observe, and worship, a new or strange deity, without the decree of the senate ^F12.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Tertull. Apolog. c. 5. Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 2. c. 2.

Hechos 16:21 In-Context

19 Pero cuando sus amos vieron que se les había ido la esperanza de su ganancia, prendieron a Pablo y a Silas, y los arrastraron hasta la plaza, ante las autoridades;

20 y después de haberlos presentado a los magistrados superiores, dijeron: Estos hombres, siendo judíos, alborotan nuestra ciudad,

21 y proclaman costumbres que no nos es lícito aceptar ni observar, puesto que somos romanos.

22 La multitud se levantó a una contra ellos, y los magistrados superiores, rasgándoles sus ropas, ordenaron que los azotaran con varas.

23 Y después de darles muchos azotes, los echaron en la cárcel, ordenando al carcelero que los guardara con seguridad;