King James Version · Under Rome
Revelation 14
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And I looked, and, lo, stood on the mount , and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his ’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from , as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before , and before the four , and the : and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow whithersoever he goeth. These were from among men, being the unto and to . And in their was found no guile: for they are without fault before of . And I saw another fly in the midst of , having the to preach unto them that on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and , and people, Saying with a loud voice, , and give to him; for the hour of his is come: and him that made , and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another , saying, is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the of the of her fornication. And the third followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man and his , and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the of , which is poured out without mixture into of his ; and he shall be tormented with and brimstone in the of the , and in the of : And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up : and they have no rest day nor night, who and his , and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the of : here are they that keep of , and the of . And I heard a voice from saying unto me, Write, are which in from henceforth: Yea, saith , that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto , having on his head a golden , and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another came out of , crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. And another came out of which is in , he also having a sharp sickle. And another came out from the , which had over ; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of . And the winepress was trodden without the city, and came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
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.