Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Acts 16:21 in English Standard Version "They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”" Es 3:8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not to the king’s profit to tolerate them. Ac 16:12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.