In the passage
A detail stated in the selected account, linked to its verses. We preserve the wording of the World English Bible Classic and identify translator notes.
In the passage
OUR APPROACH
The text comes first.
The world helps us look.
Gospel Worlds creates places to explore while you read the Gospels. A convincing image can make an uncertain detail feel certain. Our source labels help keep that distinction clear.
Historical context
Archaeology or scholarship that helps explain the setting or language. A period artifact can inform a model without proving it is the object described in Scripture.
Historical context
Artistic reconstruction
Choices the sources do not establish: exact layout, object placement, appearance, plants, or lighting. These are identified as you explore.
Artistic reconstruction
A setting for reading.
Each experience follows one Gospel account. Related passages are identified when used as context. We do not silently combine different narratives into a single scene.
The environments focus on places and objects. People and angels are omitted, and the passage explains their presence, words, and actions. These are study settings, not claims to recreate every moment exactly.
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Read what informs the scene.
John 21 · World English Bible Classic
The exact Scripture text used here. Paragraph breaks are adapted for reading; the words are unchanged. Translator footnotes are identified separately.
John 21:1–14 · translation and study notes
A comparison translation with notes on the lake’s name, the distance from shore, and proposed interpretations of the fish count. Study notes remain interpretations.
The Ancient Boat
The museum dates the Galilee boat to 100 BC–AD 100. It informs regional and period construction, without identifying the boat in John 21.
Conservation of the Ancient Boat from the Sea of Galilee
A conservation report on the wooden hull and iron elements. Upper structure and fittings in this scene are reconstruction.
The Galilee Boat—2,000-Year-Old Hull Recovered Intact
An account by the excavator used with museum documentation to inform this newly made working-boat reconstruction.
World English Bible publication terms
The unchanged translation may be copied and published. Our explanations are separate from the Bible text.
Mark 2 · World English Bible Classic
The exact text of Mark 2:1–12. The scene follows Mark’s account.
Mark 2:1–12 · translation and study notes
Notes on the crowded doorway, roof access, and the narrative. General context does not establish the design of this particular house.
John 20 · World English Bible Classic
The exact text of John 20:1–18. People and angels are described by Scripture and omitted from the model.
John 20:1–18 · translation and study notes
Notes distinguish the text from possible tomb arrangements and disputed interpretations of the grave clothes.
John 19:41–42 · the garden and new tomb
John places the new tomb in a garden near the place of crucifixion. This does not identify an exact surviving site.
Asset sources and licenses
Models and scene covers are created from our editable Blender environments. Surface materials come from Poly Haven under CC0. Material photographs illustrate appearance; they are not historical evidence.