King James Version · Under Rome
Acts 18
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After these things departed from , and came to ; And found a certain named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife ; (because that had commanded all to depart from :) and came unto them. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. And he reasoned in the every , and persuaded the and . And when and were come from , was pressed in , and testified to the that was Christ. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the . And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named , one that , whose house joined hard to the . And , the chief ruler of the , on with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing , and were . Then spake to in the night by a , Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of among them. And when was the deputy of , the made insurrection with one accord against , and brought him to the seat, Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to contrary to . And when was now about to open his , said unto the , If it were a matter of wrong or lewdness, O ye , reason would that I should bear with you: But if it be a question of words and names, and of , look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. And he drave them from the seat. Then all took , the chief ruler of the , and beat him before the seat. And cared for none of those things. And after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into , and with him and Aquila; having shorn his head in : for he had a . And he came to , and left them there: but he himself entered into the , and reasoned with the . When they him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in : but I will return again unto you, if will. And he sailed from . And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted , he went down to . And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all . And a certain named , born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in , came to . This man was instructed in of ; and being fervent in , he spake and taught diligently the things of , knowing only the of . And he began to speak boldly in the : whom when Aquila and had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him of more perfectly. And when he was disposed to pass into , the brethren wrote, exhorting to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had through : For he mightily convinced the , and that publickly, shewing by that was Christ.
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.