King James Version · Under Rome
Mark 15
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And straightway in the morning the held a consultation with the and and the whole council, and bound , and carried him away, and him to . And asked him, Art thou the King of the ? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. And the accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. And asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they against thee. But yet answered nothing; so that marvelled. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they . And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed in the insurrection. 8And crying aloud began to him to do as he had ever done unto them. But answered them, saying, Will ye that I unto you the King of the ? For he knew that the had him for envy. But the moved the people, that he should rather Barabbas unto them. And answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the ? 13And they cried out again, him. Then said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, him. And so , willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and , when he had scourged him, to be . And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and platted a , and put it about his head, And began to salute him, Hail, King of the ! And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to him. And they compel one a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, of and , to bear his . And they bring him unto the place , which is, being interpreted, . And they gave him to drink mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. And when they had him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they him. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE . And with him they two thieves; the one hand, and the other on his left. 28And the was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest , and buildest it in three days, 30 thyself, and come down from . Likewise also the mocking said among themselves with the , He others; himself he cannot . Let the King of Israel descend now from , that we may see and . And they that were with him reviled him. And when the sixth hour was come, there was over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My , my , why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth . And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether will come to take him down. And cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And of was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of . There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was , and the mother of the less and of Joses, and ; (Who also, when he was in , followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto . And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the , , an honourable counsellor, which also waited for of , came, and went in boldly unto , and craved the body of . And marvelled if he were already : and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while . And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to . And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a which was hewn out of a , and rolled a stone unto the door of the . And and the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
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.