King James Version · Under Rome
Mark 7
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Then came together unto him the , and certain of the , which came from . And when they saw some of his eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. For the , and all the , except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the . And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of , and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. Then the and asked him, Why walk not thy according to the tradition of the , but eat bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them, Well hath prophesied of you , as , This people honoureth me with their , but their is far from me. Howbeit in do they me, teaching for doctrines of men. For laying aside the of , ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and : and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the of , that ye may keep your own tradition. For said, thy and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth or mother, let him the : But ye say, If a man shall say to his or mother, It is , that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his or his mother; Making the word of of none effect through your tradition, which ye have : and many such like things do ye. And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, unto me every one of you, and understand: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was entered into the house from the people, his asked him concerning the . And he saith unto them, Are ye so without also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into , but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of of men, proceed evil , adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of and , and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an , heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a , a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, : yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. And again, departing from the coasts of and , he came unto , through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from , and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his ; And looking up to , he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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.