In addition to making a living, they had to bear the harsh rule of the Romans and the oppressive burden of the formalistic religionists of the day.
آن‌ها هم تحت حکومت بی‌رحم رومیان قرار داشتند هم بار توان‌فرسای مراسم ظاهری دینی آن ایّام را تحمّل می‌کردند .‏