King James Version · Under Rome
John 21
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After these things shewed himself again to at the ; and on this shewed he himself. There were together , and called Didymus, and of in , and the sons of , and two other of his . saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, stood on the shore: but knew not that it was . Then saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for of fishes. Therefore that whom loved saith unto , It is . Now when heard that it was , he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was ,) and did cast himself into the sea. 8And the other came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred ,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 10 saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was . then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that shewed himself to his , after that he was from . So when they had dined, saith to , , son of , lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, , son of , lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, . He saith unto him the third time, , son of , lovest thou me? was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, , thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. saith unto him, . Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what he should . And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. Then , turning about, seeth the whom loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, , which is he that betrayeth thee? seeing him saith to , , and what shall this man do? saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that should not : yet said not unto him, He shall not ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is the which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his is true. And there are also many other things which did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. .
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.