Acts16:19-21

[apforthelord]

Acts16:19-21 States:

19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach customs, which are not LAWFUL for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.


AT this time was it really un-lawful to teach about Jesus???


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[apforthelord]

any opinions???

[tufluv]

These Romans did not want to hear about supposedly Jewish teachings...since they were not Jews but Gentiles. Romans were under allegiance to the Emperor's ruler. Besides, Jesus was gone at that time! yet, because of that death on the cross, Gentiles could now be grafted in if they so chose. Cornelius did!
Remember, you asked for opinions however du-uh, this may be! :D

[BroDane]

I just reread what i posted..and I realized..what am I talking about??

LOL..I had another post open and thought I was commenting there!!

So , I deleted this one..:yeah:

[ThirdGeneration]

apforthelord- The historical situation seems to have been that the Roman empire origianlly allowed only two religions. The Roman religion with its many gods and Judiasm.

A great book I read, suggests that Luke wrote Acts as a legal defense for Paul. Thus, Luke had to carefully show how Christianity was actually a part of Judiasm.

This theory made a lot of sense when one re-examines Luke and Acts in this light.

Consider that Jesus spent 40 days on earth, but Luke uses less than 12 verses in Acts to tell about it; whereas he spends many chapters at the end going through the details of Paul's legal manuverings.

He spends the time in between showing the many ways that Christianity and Judiasm were about the same God and foretold in the OT.

[apforthelord]

Wow all this infomantion will be useful thanks all!