World English Bible · Under Rome
Revelation 11
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A reed like a was given to me. Someone said, "Rise and measure temple, and the , and those who in it. Leave out the court which is outside of , and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the city under foot for forty-two months. I will give to my two , and they will one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in ." These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before of the earth. If anyone to harm them, proceeds out of their and devours their . If anyone to harm them, he must be killed in this way. These have the to shut up , that it may not during the days of their . They have over the waters, to turn them into , and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they . When they have finished their , that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. Their bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called and , where also their was . From among the peoples, tribes, , and nations, people will look at their bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their bodies to be laid in a . Those who on the earth will rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two tormented those who on the earth. After the three and a half days, the breath of life from entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. I heard a loud voice from saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into in a cloud, and their saw them. In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave to the of . The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. The seventh sounded, and great voices in followed, saying, " of the world has become of our and of his Christ. He will reign and ever!" The twenty-four , who sit on their before , fell on their faces and , saying: "We give you thanks, , , the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great and reigned. were angry, and your came, as did the time for to be judged, and to give your , their reward, as well as to and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth." temple that is in was opened, and the was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
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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.