King James Version · Under Rome
John 7
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After these things walked in : for he would not walk in , because the sought to kill him. Now the ’ was at hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into , that thy also may see the works that thou doest. For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. For neither did his brethren in him. Then said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. 9When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in . But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. Then the sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the . Now about the midst of the feast went up into , and taught. And the marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of , or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own : but he that seeketh his that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not give you , and yet none of you keepeth ? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. therefore gave unto you ; (not because it is of , but of the fathers;) and ye on the circumcise a man. If a man on the receive , that of should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the ? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge . Then said some of them of , Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the know indeed that this is the very ? Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then cried in as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people on him, and said, When cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? The heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the and the sent officers to take him. Then said unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. Then said the among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the , and teach the ? What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? In the last day, that great day of the feast, stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of , which they that on him should receive: for the Ghost was not yet given; because that was not yet glorified.) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the . Others said, This is . But some said, Shall come out of ? Hath not the said, That cometh of the of , and out of the town of , where was? So there was a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the and ; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the , Are ye also deceived? Have any of the or of the on him? But this people who knoweth not are . saith unto them, (he that came to by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of ? Search, and look: for out of ariseth no . And every man went unto his own house.
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.