They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”
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.
especially because you are familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
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.
for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
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