King James Version · Under Rome
Revelation 22
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And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of of and of . In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there , which twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more : but of and of shall be in it; and his servants shall him: And they shall see ; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither of the sun; for giveth them : and they shall reign . And he said unto me, These sayings are and true: and of the sent his to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: is he that keepeth the sayings of the of this book. And I saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to before the feet of which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren , and of them which keep the sayings of this book: . And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is , let him be still: and he that is , let him be still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. are they that do his , that they may have right to , and may enter in through the into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and , and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. I have sent mine to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the of , and the bright and . And and the say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this , shall take away his part out of the , and out of the city, and from the things which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. . Even so, come, . The of our be with you all. .
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.