World English Bible · Under Rome
John 10
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"Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. But one who enters in by the door is the of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. They will by no means follow a , but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers." spoke this to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them. therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be , and will go in and go out and will find pasture. The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. "I am the . The lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a , who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn't care for the sheep. I am the . I know my own, and I'm known by my own; even as knows me, and I know . I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will . They will become one flock with one . Therefore loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have to lay it down, and I have to take it again. I received this from ." Therefore a division arose again among the because of these words. Many of them said, "He has a and is insane! Why do you listen to him?" Others said, "These are not the sayings of one by a . It isn't possible for a to open the eyes of the blind, is it?" 22It was the Feast of the Dedication at . It was winter, and was walking in , in porch. The therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are , tell us plainly." answered them, "I told you, and you don't . The works that I do in name, these testify about me. But you don't , because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. My sheep , and I know them, and they follow me. I give to them. They will never , and no one will snatch them out of my hand. who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of hand. I and are one." Therefore the took up stones again to stone him. answered them, "I have shown you many good works from . For which of those works do you stone me?" The answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself ." answered them, "Isn't it written in , 'I said, you are gods'? If he called them gods, to whom the word of came (and the can't be broken), do you say of him whom and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of '? If I don't do the works of , don't me. But if I do them, though you don't me, the works, that you may know and that is in me, and I in ." They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand. He went away again beyond into the place where was at first, and he stayed there. Many came to him. They said, " indeed did no sign, but everything that said about this man is true." Many in him there.
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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.