King James Version · Under Rome
Luke 19
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And entered and passed through . And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the , and he was rich. And he sought to see who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. And when came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a . And Zaccheus stood, and said unto ; Behold, , the half of my goods I give to ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And said unto him, This day is come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of . For is come to seek and to that which was lost. And as they heard these things, he added and spake , because he was nigh to , and because they thought that of should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received , then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, , thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been in a very little, have thou over ten cities. And the second came, saying, , thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. And another came, saying, , behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own will I judge thee, thou servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, , he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine , which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and them before me. And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to . And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and , at the mount called , he sent two of his , Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because hath need of him. And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. 33And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, hath need of him. And they brought him to : and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set thereon. And as he went, they spread their clothes in . And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of , the whole multitude of began to rejoice and with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, be the King that cometh in the name of : peace in , and in the highest. And some of the from among said unto him, Master, rebuke thy . And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. And he went into , and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, , My house is the house of : but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in . But the and the and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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.