King James Version · Under Rome
Hebrews 2
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Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by was stedfast, and every and received a recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great ; which at the first began to be spoken by , and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; also bearing them , both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Ghost, according to his own will? For unto the hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or , that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the ; thou crownedst him with and , and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection . For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see , who was made a little lower than the for the suffering of , with and ; that he by the of should taste for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto , to make the captain of their perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are are all of one: for which cause he is not to call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of will I sing unto thee. And again, I will put my in him. And again, Behold I and the children which hath given me. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of and , he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through he might destroy him that had the of , that is, the devil; And them who through fear of were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of ; but he took on him the of . Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and in things pertaining to , to make reconciliation for the of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being , he is able to succour them that are .
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.