King James Version · Under Rome
Luke 3
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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Cesar, being governor of , and being tetrarch of , and his brother tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and being the high priests, the word of came unto the son of in . And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the of for the remission of ; As in the book of the words of the , saying, The voice of one crying in , Prepare ye of , make his straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And shall see the of . Then said he to that came forth to be of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of , and begin not to say within yourselves, We have to : for I say unto you, That is able of these stones to raise up children unto . And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the . And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. Then came also to be , and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. And as the people were in , and all men mused in their of , whether he were , or not; answered, saying unto them all, I indeed you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose I am not worthy to unloose: he shall you with the Ghost and with : Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the he will burn with unquenchable. And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. But , being reproved by him for his brother ’s wife, and for all the evils which had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up in prison. Now when all the people were , it came to pass, that also being , and praying, the was opened, And the Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a upon him, and a voice came from , which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. And himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of , which was the son of Heli, 24Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of , which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of , 25Which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of , which was the son of Semei, which was the son of , which was the son of , Which was the son of , which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of , which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 28Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of , 29Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of , which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of , 30Which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of , Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of , which was , Which was the son of , which was the son of Obed, which was the son of , which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of , which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of , Which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of , which was the son of Sala, Which was the son of , which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of , which was the son of , Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of , Which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of , which was the son of .
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.