-SM Stirling, Prince Of Outcasts (New York, 2017), Chapter Twenty-One, p. 458.
Since I dislike any reference to crucifixion, I prefer the text:
"...what is that to thee? follow thou me." John 21:22. See here.
In either case, what does "follow me" mean? Life makes demands that Prince John internalizes by remembering a verse from scripture. This sufficiently explains John's thought processes. Therefore, it is unnecessary to postulate a supernatural being literally addressing him. However, the rules differ in the Emberverse where gods, goddesses and the Mother of God have appeared to and conversed with other characters so we must accept the possibility that a divine being really does speak to Prince John through the medium of a Biblical passage.
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Kaor, Paul!
I recall how Poul Anderson quoted John 21.20-23 in OPERATION CHAOS, with the context being how the Johannine Church used that text to claim Our Lord was referring to them, thru the Beloved Disciple. That claim was later shown in OC to be false but it's still one of the most difficult to understand texts in the Bible.
Merry Christmas! Sean
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