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The World of the Bible

The World of the Bible: The Everyday Life Behind the Pages

The Bible was written into a real world of coins and roads, shepherds and tax collectors, feasts and fishing boats. Knowing that world makes the pages come alive: you feel the weight of a denarius, the length of a road, the scandal of a shared meal. Each page below opens one piece of daily life in the biblical world, honestly, without inventing what the evidence cannot tell us, and shows how it helps you see Christ more clearly.

What a Denarius Was WorthMatthew 20:2How Far Nazareth to JerusalemLuke 2:41The PhariseesMatthew 23:2The SadduceesMatthew 22:23Why Jews and Samaritans Did Not MixJohn 4:9Honor and ShameLuke 14:8The Roman OccupationLuke 2:1What a Tax Collector DidLuke 19:2The Shepherd in Ancient IsraelJohn 10:3Bread in the Ancient WorldMatthew 6:11The SynagogueLuke 4:16The Second TempleJohn 2:20Fishing on the Sea of GalileeLuke 5:2A Wedding in GalileeJohn 2:1Houses in Jesus' DayMark 2:4Clothing in the First CenturyMatthew 5:40Crucifixion in the Roman WorldMark 15:24The Passover in Jesus' DayLuke 22:7Money and the TempleMatthew 21:12Children in the Ancient WorldMatthew 19:14
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