King James Version · Under Rome
Mark 16
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And when the was past, , and the mother of , and , had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the at the rising of the sun. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the ? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And entering into the , they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek of , which was : he is ; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his and that he goeth before you into : there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. And they went out quickly, and fled from the ; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. Now when was early the first day of the week, he appeared first to , out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, not. After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of , because they not them which had seen him after he was . And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach to every creature. He that believeth and is shall be ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that ; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new ; They shall take up ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after had spoken unto them, he was received up into , and sat on of . And they went forth, and preached every where, working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. .
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.