²⁰And when they^* had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, ²¹and are proclaiming customs that are not permitted for us to accept or to practice, because we^* are Romans!”

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had brought”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews and are promoting customs that are not legal for us as Romans to adopt or practice.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials. “They are teaching customs that are illegal for us Romans to practice.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

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