And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
And teach customs - The word “customs” here ἔθη ethē refers to “religious rites or forms of worship.” See the notes on Act 6:14. They meant to charge the apostles with introducing a new religion…
Adam Clarke
And teach customs - Εθη, Religious opinions, and religious rites.
Which are not lawful for us to receive - The Romans were very jealous of their national worship. Servius, on the following lines of…
Paul and his companions, though they were for some time buried in obscurity at Philippi, yet now begin to be taken notice of.
I. A damsel that had a spirit of divination caused them to be taken notice…
Cambridge Bible
and teach customs Better, set forth(So R. V.), make proclamation of; the word refers to the preaching of the Apostles.