King James Version · Under Rome
Ephesians 2
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And you hath he quickened, who were in trespasses and ; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the of the air, that now worketh in the children of : Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our , fulfilling the of and of ; and were by nature the children of , even as others. But , who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were in , hath quickened us together with Christ, (by ye are ;) And hath us up together, and made us sit together in places in Christ : That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his in his kindness toward us through Christ . For by are ye through ; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of : Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ unto good works, which hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past in , who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the in made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the of promise, having no , and without in the world: But now in Christ ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his the enmity, even of contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto in by , having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one unto . Now therefore ye are no more strangers and , but fellowcitizens with , and of the household of ; And are built upon the foundation of and , himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an temple in : In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of through .
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.