Revelation
John's apocalyptic vision from exile on the island of Patmos. The only fully apocalyptic book in the New Testament. The Bible's closing scene: a new heaven and a new earth.
- figureJohn, son of Zebedee
Galilean fisherman, son of Zebedee, brother of James the Greater; one of the inner three apostles, with Peter …
- cultureLamb
A young sheep, central to the sacrificial system and to Passover. John the Baptist names Jesus by it: "Behold …
- objectClay oil lamp
A wheel-thrown clay vessel, palm-sized, with a wick spout and a fill hole. Filled with olive oil, it burned th…
- objectDenarius
A small silver Roman coin, about 18 mm across, equal to one day's wages for a labourer. Most denarii in Jesus'…
- objectHarp (kinnor and nevel)
Two related stringed instruments of ancient Israel: the small portable kinnor that David carried, and the larg…
- objectScroll
A long sheet of parchment or papyrus wound around one or two wooden rollers — the standard book of the biblica…
- objectTalent
The largest biblical weight, about 34 kg of silver or gold — roughly twenty years' wages. The 'talent' Jesus' …