King James Version · Under Rome
Revelation 3
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And unto of in write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of , and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art . Be watchful, and strengthen the things which , that are ready to : for I have not found thy works perfect before . Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold , and . If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Thou hast names even in which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the , but I will his name before , and before his . He that hath an ear, let him hear what saith unto the churches. And to of in write; These things saith he that is , he that is true, he that hath the key of , he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the of , which say they are , and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my , I also will keep thee from the hour of , which shall come upon all the world, to try them that upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that which thou hast, that no man take thy . Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in of my , and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my , and the name of the city of my , which is new , which cometh down out of from my : and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what saith unto the churches. And unto of of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the , the and true , the beginning of the creation of ; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my . Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and , and blind, and : I thee to buy of me gold tried in the , that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the of thy do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and : be therefore, and . Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man , and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my , even as I also overcame, and am set down with in his . He that hath an ear, let him hear what saith unto the churches.
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.