World English Bible · Under Rome
Mark 10
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He arose from there and came into the borders of and beyond . came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. came to him him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to his wife?" He answered, "What did command you?" They said, " allowed a to be written, and to her." But said to them, "For your hardness of , he wrote you this . But of the creation, made them male and female. For this cause a man will leave his and mother, and will join to his wife, and the two will become one , so that they are no longer two, but one . What therefore has joined together, let no man separate." In the house, his asked him again about the same matter. He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits against her. If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits ." They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but rebuked those who were bringing them. But when saw it, he was moved with and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for Kingdom belongs to such as these. Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it." He took them in his arms and them, laying his hands on them. As he was going out into , one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may ?" said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—. You know : 'Do not ,' 'Do not ,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false ,' 'Do not defraud,' ' your and mother.'" He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth." looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give to , and you will have ; and come, follow me, taking up ." But fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. looked around and said to his , "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into Kingdom!" were amazed at his words. But answered again, "Children, how hard it is for those who in riches to enter into Kingdom! It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into Kingdom." They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be ?" , looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with , for all things are possible with ." began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all and have followed you." said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or , or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the , but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the . But many who are first will be last, and the last first." They were on , going up to ; and was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him. "Behold, we are going up to . will be to the and the . They will condemn him to , and will him to the . They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will ." and , the sons of , came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask." He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your and one at your left hand, in your ." But said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink that I drink, and to be with the that I am with?" They said to him, "We are able." said to them, "You shall indeed drink that I drink, and you shall be with the that I am with; but to sit and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared." When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward and . summoned them and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as over the nations it over them, and their great ones exercise over them. But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be . 44Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be of all. For also came not to be but to , and to give his life as a for many." They came to . As he went out from with his and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, , a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. When he heard that it was the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, ", you , have mercy on me!" Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, "You , have mercy on me!" stood still and said, "Call him." They called the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!" He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to . asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again." said to him, "Go your way. Your has made you well." Immediately he received his sight and followed on .
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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.