King James Version · Under Rome
Mark 8
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In those days being very great, and having nothing to eat, called his unto him, and saith unto them, I have on , because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away to their own houses, they will faint by : for divers of them came from far. And his answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in ? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his to set before them; and they did set them before the people. And they had small fishes: and he , and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. And straightway he entered into a ship with his , and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. And the came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from , tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his , and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Now had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the of the , and of the of . And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have . And when knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have ? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? And he cometh to ; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. And went out, and his , into the towns of Cesarea : and by he asked his , saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, : but some say, ; and others, One of . And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And answereth and saith unto him, Thou art . And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that must suffer many things, and be rejected of the , and of the , and , and be killed, and after three days . And he spake that saying openly. And took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his , he rebuked , saying, Get thee behind me, : for thou savourest not the things that be of , but the things that be of men. And when he had called the people unto him with his also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his , and follow me. For whosoever will his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and ’s, the same shall it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his ? Whosoever therefore shall be of me and of my words in this adulterous and generation; of him also shall be , when he cometh in the of his with the .
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.