Thematic Bible: The Roman empire


Thematic Bible





Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.

that I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained it, or have been already made perfect; but I follow on that I may attain that for which also I was arrested by Christ. I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, read more.
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.






Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil; for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds]. Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand. read more.
Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness, and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

AND when we came to Rome the centurion committed the prisoners to the prefect of the camp, and Paul was allowed to remain by himself, with a soldier to guard him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains, Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail






If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Verse ConceptsFightingBitingMortalityPaul, Life OfPresent, ThePunishment, Legal Aspects OfCynicismMerrinessBeastsHow Death Is InevitableMen Similar To AnimalsImminent TomorrowMammalsAre The Dead Raised?Eating And Drinking

For I think that God has shown us the apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men. Verse ConceptsPaul, Apostle To GentilesApostles, Function In Early ChurchProcessionsAfflicted To DeathSpectacleAngels Interacting With PeopleThe End Of The WorldPutting God FirstThe Worldhumanityfatepartnershipacting


But thanks be to God, who always triumphs over us in Christ and reveals the odor of his knowledge by us in every place; for we are a sweet odor of Christ to God, in the saved and in the lost, in one an odor of death to death, and in the other an odor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any one to death; Verse ConceptsLimitednessDeath Penalty For KillingFulfilling The Lawautonomy

But you have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; are you willing, therefore, that I should release to you the king of the Jews? Verse ConceptsCustomChrist Is King Of IsraelPeople Releasing Others

Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and I have power to crucify you? Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfCourage, Examples OfChrist Being SilentAuthority Delegated To PeoplePeople Releasing Others

All the saints salute you, especially those of Caesar's family. Verse ConceptsCaesarRoman Emperors

The Lord be with your spirit. The grace be with you. Verse ConceptsGod Be With YouGod's Grace

under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtRankSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfLiving In The Wilderness

And having read, he asked of what province he was; and learning that he was of Cilicia, Verse ConceptsProvinces

FESTUS therefore coming into the province, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.



Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his clothes and made four parts, a part to each soldier, and his coat. But his coat was without seam, woven from the top through the whole. Verse ConceptsClothBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCrucifixion, Of ChristDressInner GarmentsDividing PlunderGarmentscrucifixion


And he said, The Jews have entered into a compact to ask you to bring down Paul to the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if about to learn more accurately of something concerning him. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

And provide animals to put Paul on, and take him safely to Felix the procurator. And he wrote a letter having this form; Claudius Lysias to the most excellent procurator Felix, greeting. read more.
I went with the soldiery and rescued this man, when he was siezed by the Jews, and about to be killed by them, having learned that he is a Roman;

I will hear you, he said, when your accusers have come; and he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod. Verse ConceptsGuardsPalacesPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to defend himself against the accusation. When therefore, they came here, making no delay, the next day I sat on the tribunal, and ordered the man to be brought; concerning whom his accusers standing up brought no charge of such things as I supposed, read more.
but had certain questions with him concerning their religion, and concerning one Jesus that was dead, who Paul said was alive.

And calling two of the centurions he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred light armed troops, after the third hour of the night. And provide animals to put Paul on, and take him safely to Felix the procurator.

And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chiliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion; Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs





the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be examined with scourges, that he might know for what reason they cried so against him. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out. Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned? Verse ConceptsempiresRevenge, And RetaliationRoman CitizensScourgingBreaking Man's LawNo CondemnationTying UpCitizens

And when these things were accomplished, Paul was disposed by the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome. Verse ConceptsempiresNecessityRomeVisitingLed By The Spirit

And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

AND a certain man at Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort which was called the Italian, Verse ConceptsMilitaryArmies, RomanVolunteering

AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion by the name of Julius, of the cohort of Augustus. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother and my fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, but your apostle and servant of my need, Verse ConceptsGood FriendsFellowship, In Christian ServiceAliancesFellow WorkersMessengerMissionaries, Support ForSoldiersVisitingFriendship, Examples Ofministering

Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified. THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort,

saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole him while we slept; and if this is heard of by the procurator we will satisfy him and secure you.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.





If indeed I have done wrong or committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if those things of which they accuse me are nothing, no man may give me up to them; I appeal to Caesar. Then Festus having conferred with the council answered, You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.

And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word and my servant will be cured. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.



And Pilate wrote an inscription and put on the cross. And it was written, JESUS THE NAZORAEAN, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristSarcasmMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsInscriptionsChrist Is King Of IsraelThe Cross

And Agrippa said to Festus, If he had not appealed to Caesar, this man might be released. Verse ConceptsPeople Releasing Others

And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one]. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one]. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCaesarRoman EmperorsPredicting The Future

In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCaesarProclamationsRankTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristArmies, RomanRoman EmperorsThe King's Orderstaxes

AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCaesarProclamationsRankTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristArmies, RomanRoman EmperorsThe King's Orderstaxes