King James Version · Under Rome
Titus 1
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, a , and of , according to the of ’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In of , which , that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the of our ; To , mine own son after the common : , mercy, and peace, from and our . For this cause left I thee in , that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain in every city, as I had appointed thee: If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having children not accused of riot or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to , no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, , , temperate; Holding the word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. For there are many unruly and talkers and deceivers, specially they of the : Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. One of themselves, even a of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil , slow bellies. This is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the ; Not giving heed to fables, and of men, that turn from the truth. Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their and is defiled. They profess that they know ; but in works they deny him, being , and , and unto every good work reprobate.
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.