King James Version · Under Rome
Luke 20
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And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in , and preached , the and the came upon him with the , And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this ? And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: The of , was it from , or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From ; he will say, Why then ye him not? But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that was a . And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. And said unto them, Neither tell I you by what I do these things. Then began he to speak to the people this ; A certain man planted a , and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the : but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said of the , What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the : come, let us kill him, that the may be ours. So they cast him out of the , and killed him. What therefore shall of the do unto them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the to others. And when they heard it, they said, forbid. And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the ? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And the and the the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this against them. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might him unto the and of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest of truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why ye me? Shew me a . Whose and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar’s. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto the things which be ’s. And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. Then came to him certain of the , which deny that there is any ; and they asked him, Saying, Master, wrote unto us, If any man’s brother , having a wife, and he without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up unto his brother. There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and without children. 30And the second took her to wife, and he . 31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left , and . Last of all the woman also. Therefore in the whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. And answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the from , neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they any more: for they are equal unto the ; and are the children of , being the children of the . Now that are , even shewed at the bush, when he calleth the of , and the of , and the of . For he is not a of , but of the living: for all live unto him. Then certain of the answering said, Master, thou hast well said. And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. And he said unto them, How say they that is ’s son? And himself saith in the book of Psalms, said unto my , Sit thou on my , Till I make thine thy . therefore calleth him , how is he then his son? Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his , Beware of the , which to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the , and the chief rooms at feasts; Which devour ’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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.