World English Bible · Under Rome
Hebrews 10
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For , having a shadow of the good to come, not the very of the things, can never with the same year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the , having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of ? But in those there is a yearly reminder of . For it is impossible that of bulls and goats should take away . Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "You didn't and , but you prepared a body for me. You had no pleasure in whole and for . Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in of the book of me) to do your will, O .'" Previously saying, " and and whole and for you didn't , neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to ), then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, by which will we have been through the of the body of once for all. Every priest indeed stands day by day and often the same , which can never take away , but he, when he had offered one for , sat down on of , from that time until his are made the of his feet. For by one he has perfected those who are being . also testifies to us, for after saying, "This is that I will make with them after those days," , "I will put my laws on their , I will also write them on their ;" then he says, "I will remember their and their no more." Now where remission of these is, there is no more for . Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the place by of , by which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through , that is to say, his , and having a great priest over house, let's draw near with a true in fullness of , having our sprinkled from an evil and having our body washed with pure water, let's hold the of our without wavering; for he who promised is . Let's consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. For if we willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no more a for , but a certain fearful of , and a fierceness of which will devour the . A man who disregards ' law dies without on the word of two or three . How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of , and has counted of with which he was an unholy thing, and has insulted of ? For we know him who said, " belongs to me. I will repay," . Again, " will judge his people." It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living . But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you a great struggle with sufferings: partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions, and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so. For you both had on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in . Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. For you need so that, having done the will of , you may receive the promise. "In a very little while, he who comes will come and will not wait. But one will live by . If he shrinks back, has no pleasure in him." But we are not of those who shrink back to , but of those who have to the saving of the .
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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.