King James Version · Under Rome
Mark 1
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The beginning of of , the Son of ; As in , Behold, I send before thy , which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in , Prepare ye of , make his straight. did in , and preach the of for the remission of . And there went out unto him all the land of , and they of , and were all of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their . And was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat and wild honey; And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have you with water: but he shall you with the Ghost. And it came to pass in those days, that came from of , and was of in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw opened, and like a descending upon him: And there came a voice from , saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And immediately driveth him into . And he was there in forty days, of ; and was with the wild ; and the ministered unto him. Now after that was put in prison, came into , preaching of of , And saying, The time is fulfilled, and of is at hand: ye, and . Now as he walked by , he saw and his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw the son of , and his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. And straightway he called them: and they left their in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. And they went into ; and straightway on the he entered into the , and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had , and not as the . And there was in their a man with an ; and he cried out, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou of ? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the One of . And rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with commandeth he even the , and they do him. And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about . And forthwith, when they were come out of the , they entered into the house of and , with and . But ’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there . 36And and they that were with him followed after him. And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. And he preached in their throughout all , and cast out devils. And there came a to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And , , put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which commanded, for a unto them. But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in places: and they came to him from every quarter.
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.