JOHN 20:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
“Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.”
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the disciples' house were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you' — the locked doors (thyrai kleismenai) suggest resurrection body's non-dependence on physical barriers; Jesus passes through to the gathered disciples. The phrase 'fear of the Jews' (phobeō...ton Ioudaion) reflects post-70 CE ecclesial anxiety. Jesus' greeting ('Shalom,' peace) is not mere salutation but the gift of eschatological shalom, conferring the Holy Spirit's peace promised in the farewell discourse.