World English Bible · Under Rome
Revelation 19
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After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in , saying, "! , , and belong to our ; for his judgments are true and . For he has judged the great who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has of his servants at her hand." A second said, "! Her smoke goes up and ever." The twenty-four and fell down and who sits on , saying, "! !" A voice came from , saying, "Give to our , all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!" I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "! For our , , reigns! Let's rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let's give the to him. For the of has come, and his wife has made herself ready." It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen, for the fine linen is acts of . He said to me, "Write, ' are those who are invited to the supper of .'" He said to me, "These are true words of ." I fell down before his feet to him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow with you and with your brothers who hold the of . , for the of is of ." I saw opened, and behold, , and he who sat on it is called and True. In he judges and makes war. His eyes are a , and on his head are many . He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself. He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with . His name is called "The Word of ." The armies which are in , , pure, fine linen, followed him on white horses. Out of his proceeds a sharp, double-edged that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron . He treads the press of the fierceness of , . He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS AND OF LORDS." I saw standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in , "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of , that you may eat of kings, of captains, of , and of horses and of those who sit on them, and of all men, both free and , small and great." I saw , the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army. was taken, and with him the false who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of and those who his . These two were thrown alive into the lake of that burns with sulfur. The rest were killed with of him who sat on the horse, which came out of his . So all the birds were filled with their .
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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.