Act 16:19 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Acts 16:19-21: 16:19-21 As in the ministry of Jesus, sometimes the Good News threatened established commercial interests (see also 19:25-27 ; Mark 5:1-20 ). The slave girl’s exploiters viciously attacked the missionaries and dragged them before the authorities as criminals, blamed them for fomenting a disturbance, resorted to racial bias ( these Jews ), and appealed to the Philippians’ pride ( us Romans ; the Philippians prided themselves on being Roman citizens of a Roman colony). • customs that are illegal: By law, Jews were not permitted to make converts of Romans.

a16:19-21►

b19:25-27►

cMark 5:1-20►

‏ Acts 16:19

Summary for Acts 16:19-21: 16:19-21 ^a As in the ministry of Jesus, sometimes the Good News threatened established commercial interests (see also 19:25-27 ^b; Mark 5:1-20 ^c). The slave girl’s exploiters viciously attacked the missionaries and dragged them before the authorities as criminals, blamed them for fomenting a disturbance, resorted to racial bias (these Jews), and appealed to the Philippians’ pride (us Romans; the Philippians prided themselves on being Roman citizens of a Roman colony).

• customs that are illegal: By law, Jews were not permitted to make converts of Romans.