King James Version · Under Rome
Mark 11
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And when they came nigh to , unto Bethphage and , at , he sendeth forth two of his , And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 5And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6And they said unto them even as had commanded: and they let them go. And they brought the colt to , and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. And many spread their garments in : and others cut down off the trees, and strawed them in . And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, ; is he that cometh in the name of : be of , that cometh in the name of : in the highest. And entered into , and into : and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto with the twelve. And on the morrow, when they were come from , he was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his heard it. And they come to : and went into , and began to cast out them that sold and bought in , and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold ; 16And would not suffer that any man should carry any through . And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of ? but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the and heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. And when even was come, he went out of the city. And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And answering saith unto them, Have in . For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in , but shall that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye , when ye , that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your also which is in may forgive you your trespasses. 26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your which is in forgive your trespasses. And they come again to : and as he was walking in , there come to him the , and the , and the , And say unto him, By what doest thou these things? and who gave thee this to do these things? And answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what I do these things. The of , was it from , or of men? answer me. And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From ; he will say, Why then did ye not him? But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted , that he was a indeed. And they answered and said unto , We cannot tell. And answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what I do these things.
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.