King James Version · Under Rome
Matthew 10
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And when he had called unto him his twelve , he gave them against , to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve are these; The first, , who is called , and his brother; the son of , and his brother; , and ; , and the ; the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; the , and , who also betrayed him. These twelve sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into of the , and into any city of the enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the . And as ye go, preach, saying, of is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the , raise , cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither , nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of and Gomorrha in the day of , than for that city. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore as , and harmless as . But beware of men: for they will you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their ; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a against them and the . But when they you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but of your which speaketh in you. And the brother shall up the brother to , and the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to . And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be . But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till be come. The is not above his master, nor the servant above his . It is enough for the that he be as his master, and the servant as his . If they have called the master of the house , how much more shall they call them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be ; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you , that speak ye in : and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your . But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall me before men, him will I also before which is in . But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before which is in . Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a . For I am come to set a man at variance against his , and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s shall be they of his own household. He that loveth or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his , and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a in the name of a shall receive a ’s reward; and he that receiveth a man in the name of a man shall receive a man’s reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a of cold water only in the name of , verily I say unto you, he shall in no lose his reward.
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.