According to the New Testament, on which Mediterranean island did St John write the Book of Revelation?
"Seven churches of Asia The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven major churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. According to Revelation 1:11, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs John of Patmos to: ""Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."" The ""churches"" in this context refers to the community"
"that he was exiled (around 95 AD) to the Aegean island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. However, this is a matter of debate, with some attributing the authorship of Revelation to another man, called John of Patmos or to John the Presbyter. Orthodox Roman Catholic scholarship, most Protestant churches, and the entire Eastern Orthodox Church attribute all of the Johannine literature to the same individual, the ""Holy Apostle and Evangelist, John the Theologian"", whom it identifies with the ""Beloved Disciple"" in the Gospel of John. The authorship of the Johannine works has been debated by scholars"
"'Would St. John admit that this is what he meant?'"" and Muggleton seems to understand John perfectly at this juncture. Revelation is believed to have been written slightly before 100 CE. It was written by an impassioned and embittered Christian exile on the island of Patmos. We know him only as John the Divine. The book purports to be addressed to seven churches on the mainland (now Turkey) warning them against laxity and compromise with Roman authority, Greek and gnostic philosophy, and with Christian schismatics. His message is bleakly fundamentalist; about being ready for the imminent end of the world."
"Patmos Patmos (, ) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, most famous for being the location of the vision given to the disciple John in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, and where the book was written. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex, it has a population of 2,998 and an area of . The highest point is Profitis Ilias, above sea level. The municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) and"
"Patmos, during the persecutions under Emperor Domitian. Revelation 1:9 says that the author wrote the book on Patmos: “I, John, both your brother and companion in tribulation... was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Adela Yarbro Collins, a biblical scholar at Yale Divinity School, writes: Some modern higher critical scholars have raised the possibility that John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and John of Patmos were three separate individuals. These scholars assert that John of Patmos wrote Revelation but neither the Gospel of John nor the Epistles"
"view, and many consider that nothing can be known about the author except that he was a Christian prophet. Some modern scholars characterise Revelation's author as a putative figure whom they call ""John of Patmos"". The bulk of traditional sources date the book to the reign of the emperor Domitian (AD 81–96), and the evidence tends to confirm this. The book spans three literary genres: the epistolary, the apocalyptic, and the prophetic. It begins with John, on the island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, addressing a letter to the ""Seven Churches of Asia"". He then describes a series of"
"Elder, and many biblical scholars now contend that the latter was the author of Revelation. John is considered to be exiled to Patmos, undergoing a time of persecution under the Roman rule of Domitian. Revelation 1:9 states: """"I, John, both your brother and companion in tribulation ... was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ""."" Adela Yarbro Collins, a biblical scholar at Yale Divinity School, writes: Early tradition says that John was banished to Patmos by the Roman authorities. This tradition is credible because banishment was a common"
"only identifiable physical description of Jesus in any form in the Biblical canon. John, the author of Revelation, was exiled to the island of Patmos, possibly during the reign of the emperor Domitian. He says that on the Lord's Day he was ""in the Spirit"", and heard a loud voice ""like a trumpet"" (). When he turned around, he saw this Son of Man figure. In , the figure whom John sees identifies himself as ""the First and the Last,"" who ""was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever"" — a reference to Jesus' resurrection. Some of"
"fortification wall and towers. Patmos is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, the last book of the Christian Bible. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John. After the death of John of Patmos, possibly"
"Revelation 1 Revelation 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. This chapter is divided into 20 verses. The New King James Version organises the chapter as follows: New King James Version For discussion of the identity of this ""John"", see Authorship of the Johannine works. New King James Version John writes to the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and"
"Cloisters Apocalypse The Cloisters Apocalypse, MS 68.174 (also the Cloisters Book of Revelations) is a small French illuminated manuscript dated c. 1330. It is based on John the Evangelist's New Testament visions and apocalyptic revelation. According to Christian legend John was exiled c. 95AD to the Aegean island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. The book evokes John's despair and isolation while exiled, and his prophecy of events and terrors of the last days. The manuscript was probably influenced by the c 776 writings of the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, who contextualised the writings of Saint"
"Isle of Patmos, where he wrote Revelation (the Apocalypse). When Nerva became emperor John was pardoned and returned to Ephesus, where he lived the remainder of his days. During his time and until his death in Ephesus, Apostle John preached about Christianity. According to legend, before he died, Christ, along with all the other apostles, visited Apostle John and said to him: As the story unfolds, the following Sunday, St. John continued with his preaching of Christianity before finally informing his disciples of his time. Then he entered the cave of his church whereupon an intense light shone, preventing his"
"there (cf. ""the brethren""), in addition to Priscilla and Aquila. The original community was under the leadership of Apollos (1 Corinthians 1:12). They were disciples of John the Baptist and were converted by Aquila and Priscilla. According to Church tradition, after the Assumption of Mary, John went to Ephesus. From there he wrote the three epistles attributed to him. John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where, according to tradition, he wrote the Book of Revelation. According to Tertullian (in ""The Prescription of Heretics"") John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged"
"Revelation 13 Revelation 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. The author records visions of two beasts which he saw while ""standing on the seashore"", the beast from the sea and the beast from the earth. The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: New King James Version Some manuscript texts read ἐστάθην, ""estathēn"", ""I stood"", while others read ἐστάθη,"
"Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1968. Cloisters Apocalypse The Cloisters Apocalypse, MS 68.174 (also the Cloisters Book of Revelations) is a small French illuminated manuscript dated c. 1330. It is based on John the Evangelist's New Testament visions and apocalyptic revelation. According to Christian legend John was exiled c. 95AD to the Aegean island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. The book evokes John's despair and isolation while exiled, and his prophecy of events and terrors of the last days. The manuscript was probably influenced by the c 776 writings of the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana,"
"Empire, though they were sporadic. Most were initiated by local governors, who were expected to keep their cities ""pacate atque quita"" ('settled and orderly'). As pressure from the demands of the citizens to get rid of the Christians became harder to ignore or control, they were driven to acquiesce. The author, ""John"", found himself ""…on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus"" (Rev. 1:9 NRSV), and it was there that he wrote the Book of Revelation. In several of his messages addressed to the Seven Churches of Asia, John makes references to"
"(in south-central Anatolia) and his missionary journeys were primarily in Anatolia. The Book of Revelation, believed to be authored by John of Patmos (a Greek island about 30 miles off the Anatolian coast), mentions Seven churches of Asia. The First Epistle of Peter () is addressed to Anatolian regions. On the southeast shore of the Black Sea, Pontus was a Greek colony mentioned three times in the New Testament. Inhabitants of Pontus were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Pliny, governor in 110, in his letters, addressed Christians in Pontus. Of the extant letters of Ignatius of Antioch"
"Revelation 2 Revelation 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. This chapter is divided into 29 verses, containing messages for four of the seven churches of Asia located in modern-day Turkey, with messages for the other three churches appearing in chapter 3. The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: New King James Version New King James Version New King"
"Revelation 3 Revelation 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. This chapter is divided into 22 verses, containing messages for three of the seven churches of Asia located in modern-day Turkey, continuing from the messages for the other four churches which appear in chapter 2. The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: New King James Version The Textus Receptus"
"""estathē"", ""he stood"", referring to the dragon of . New King James Version New King James Version New King James Version New King James Version King James Version Revelation 13 Revelation 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. The author records visions of two beasts which he saw while ""standing on the seashore"", the beast from the sea and the beast from"
"Revelation 21 Revelation 21 is the twenty-first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: New King James Version Non-conformist minister Alexander Maclaren interprets ""a new heaven and a new earth"" as meaning ""a renovated condition of humanity"" and suggests that ""and the sea is no more"" is ""probably ... to be taken in a symbolic sense,"
"destroyed by an earthquake in 60CE and not completely rebuilt for at least another ten years so, if John wrote to a complacent and prosperous church there, it must be at a later date. These two considerations taken together imply that the author of Revelation was a man in his late eighties sentenced to penal servitude on Patmos. Such a man would have every reason to feel persecuted! Age would also give him a pivotal position in the problem of the delayed Second Coming of Christ. He would be the only member of Christ's circle not to have died. As"
"authorship has been attributed either to John the Apostle (in which case it is often thought that John the Apostle is John the Evangelist, i.e. author of the Gospel of John) or to another John designated ""John of Patmos"" after the island where the text says the revelation was received (1:9). Some ascribe the writership date as circa 81–96 AD, and others at around 68 AD. The work opens with letters to seven churches and thereafter takes the form of an apocalypse, a literary genre popular in ancient Judaism and Christianity. The order in which the books of the New"
"had the same author as the Gospel of John, 2 John and 3 John. Eusebius claimed that the author of 2nd and 3rd John was not John the Apostle, but an ""elder John"" which refers either to the apostle at an advanced age or a hypothetical second individual (""John the Elder""). Scholars today are divided on the issue. The author of the Book of Revelation identifies himself several times as ""John"". and states that he was on Patmos when he received his first vision. As a result, the author is sometimes referred to as John of Patmos. The author has"
"issue, rouse them all. Revelation 3 Revelation 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. This chapter is divided into 22 verses, containing messages for three of the seven churches of Asia located in modern-day Turkey, continuing from the messages for the other four churches which appear in chapter 2. The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: New King James"
"where, according to tradition, he wrote the ""Book of Revelation"". According to Tertullian (in ""The Prescription of Heretics"") John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian. John of Patmos John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine or John the Theologian; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος, ) are the suffixative descriptions given"
"to report to the church at Corinth () or that John experienced on the isle of Patmos, which inspired the ""Book of Revelation"". As ""Acts"" narrates what happened after the time Jesus ascended to heaven, so the ""Apocryphon of John"" begins at the same point but relates how Christ reappeared to John. The opening words of the ""Secret Book of John"" are, ""The teaching of the saviour, and the revelation of the mysteries and the things hidden in silence, even these things which he taught John, his disciple."" The author John is immediately specified as ""John, the brother of James"
"released late in his life and returned to Ephesus, where it is thought that he wrote his Gospel. Tradition says that the Virgin Mary lived in Ephesus near to John. Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria who was a disciple of John the Baptist, arrived in Ephesus and met with Aquila and Priscilla. Christian canon identifies the Epistle to the Ephesians as a letter to the church in Ephesus, and John of Patmos mentions the church as one of the seven churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation. In Revelation (), the church's perseverance, scrutiny toward alleged apostles and hatred"
"been written by direct witnesses to the reported events. The author of the Book of Revelation identifies himself as “Ἰωάννης” (“John” in standard English translation) The early 2nd century writer, Justin Martyr, was the first to equate the author of Revelation with ""John the Apostle"". However, most biblical scholars now contend that these were separate individuals. John the Presbyter, an obscure figure in the early church, has also been identified with the seer of the Book of Revelation by such authors as Eusebius in his ""Church History (Book III, 39)"" and Jerome. John is considered to have been exiled to"
"Revelation 12 Revelation 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. William Robertson Nicoll, a Scottish Free Church minister, suggests that in this chapter the writer has created a Christianised version of a Jewish source which ""described the birth of the messiah in terms borrowed from ... cosmological myths [such as] that of the conflict between the sun-god and the dragon of darkness"
"earth. The Book of Revelation was composed during the end of the 1st century AD, sometime during the later end of the reign of Emperor Nero Domitius (54 to 68 CE). The work is addressed to the “seven churches that are in Asia” (1:4). Revelation is normally broken into three sections: the prologue (1:1-3:22), the visions (4:1-22:5), and the epilogue (22:6-20). This study is principally concerned with chapter 21. The author of Revelation was both a Jew by birth and a believing Christian. For the author and the addressees of Revelation, they are searching for the Lord to vindicate them"
"as is also the case of the Hebrew Five Books of Moses (Torah)). The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic document in the New Testament canon (although there are short apocalyptic passages in various places in the Gospels and the Epistles). The author names himself in the text as ""John"", but his precise identity remains a point of academic debate. Second-century Christian writers such as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Melito the bishop of Sardis, and Clement of Alexandria and the author of the Muratorian fragment identify John the Apostle as the ""John"" of Revelation. Modern scholarship generally takes a different"
"Bruce, Leon Morris, and Martin Hengel, hold the apostle to be behind at least some, in particular the gospel. There may have been a single author for the gospel and the three epistles. Some scholars conclude the author of the epistles was different from that of the gospel, although all four works probably originated from the same community. The gospel and epistles traditionally and plausibly came from Ephesus, ""c."" 90–110, although some scholars argue for an origin in Syria. In the case of Revelation, many modern scholars agree that it was written by a separate author, John of Patmos, ""c."""