The Importance of Conversion and Revelation in the Roman World

In the Gospels, in one of the greatest short narratives ever written, Jesus tells a group of temple officials about to execute a woman. Peter simply saying, quote, God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean underscoring the uniformity and essential dignity of every human being. This new emphatic egalitarianism spoke with piercing clarity to the Roman world. A conversion suddenly could exalt an individual believer to a status same as that of any other believer.