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Seven Churches in Asia - They are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, mentioned in Apocalypse, 1-3, where Saint John, on the island of
Patmos, was commanded to send to their bishops instructions and admonitions, in which the Church is praised or blamed with reference to past trials and told of a greater one to come in connection with the coming of Christ
Patmos - Eusebius (an early church father) wrote that John was sent to
Patmos by Emperor Domitian in A
Apocalypse - John, in the isle of
Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament
Pat'Mos, -
Patmos is divided into two nearly equal parts, a northern and a southern, by a very narrow isthmus where, on the east side are the harbor and the town
Patmos - (Πάτμος)...
Patmos, one of the group of islands named the Sporades, lies in that part of the aegean Sea which the Greeks called the Icarian, and is visible on the right as one sails from Samos to Cos. ’ Nowhere is ‘the voice of many waters’ more musical than in
Patmos; nowhere does the rising and setting sun make a more splendid ‘sea of glass mingled with fire’; yet nowhere is the longing more natural that the separating sea-the oceanus dissociabilis of Horace (Od. John was exiled to
Patmos under Domitian in a. John was in
Patmos ‘for (διά) the word of God’ (
Revelation 1:9). Guérin, Description de l’ile de
Patmos et de l’ile de Samos, Paris, 1856; H
Prochorus, a Deacon - Here he takes service in a public bath; restores to life the owner's son, who has been slain by a demon, destroys the image of Diana (Artemis) and expels the demon which had harboured there; is banished himself, but soon returns to be again exiled to
Patmos by command of the emperor. After a residence in
Patmos of 15 years he has converted almost the whole island. Receiving permission to return to Ephesus, he first retires to a solitary place in the island (κατάπαυσις ) and there dictates his gospel to Prochoros, and when finished leaves it behind as a memorial of his work in
Patmos. Its purpose seems to be to supplement the Ephesian histories of the apostle which already existed in a Catholic recession by a detailed account of his deeds and adventures in
Patmos. He takes no notice of the Apocalypse, and, in opposition to the older tradition, places the composition of the gospel in
Patmos
John the Evangelist, Saint - Exiled to
Patmos, he wrote the Apocalypse or Revelation there; after his return to Ephesus he wrote his Gospel and Epistles
Evangelist, John the, Saint - Exiled to
Patmos, he wrote the Apocalypse or Revelation there; after his return to Ephesus he wrote his Gospel and Epistles
Revela'Tion of st. John, - He is in
Patmos for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Eusebius also records that, in the persecution under Domitian, John the apostle and evangelist was banished to the Island
Patmos for his testimony of the divine word. There is no mention in any writer of the first three centuries of any other time or place, and the style in which the messages to the Seven Churches are delivered rather suggests the notion that the book was written in
Patmos
John the Apostle - He was afterwards banished to the Isle of
Patmos, probably under the emperor Nero or Domitian; it is not known with certainty which, nor at what date
Ephesus - Here the apostle John is said to have spent the latter part of his life, and written his gospel and epistles; and having penned Christ's message to them in the isle of
Patmos, to have returned and died among them
Apocalypse - It was written either during the persecution of Nero (54-68) or of Domitian (90-94), during Saint John's exile at
Patmos, to encourage the persecuted Christians by foretelling the fall of Rome as an anti-Christian power and the trials but complete victory of the Church
Apocalypse - John had in the isle of
Patmos, whither he had been banished. John was banished to
Patmos in the latter part of the reign of Domitian, and he returned to Ephesus immediately after the death of that emperor, which happened in the year 96; and as the Apostle states, that these visions appeared to him while he was in that island, we may consider this book as written in the year 95 or 96
Apocalypse - Signifies revelation, but is particularly referred to the revelations which John had in the isle of
Patmos, whither he was banished by Domitian
John the Baptist - John informs us, in his Revelations, that he was banished to
Patmos, an island in the AEgean Sea,
Revelation 1:9 . ...
This banishment of the Apostle to the isle of
Patmos is mentioned by many of the early ecclesiastical writers; all of whom, except Epiphanius in the fourth century, agree in attributing it to Domitian. Sir Isaac Newton was of opinion that John was banished to
Patmos in the time of Nero; but even the authority of this great man is not of sufficient weight against the unanimous voice of antiquity. He planted churches at Smyrna, Pergamos, and many other places; and by his activity and success in propagating the Gospel, he is supposed to have incurred the displeasure of Domitian, who banished him to
Patmos at the end of his reign. He himself tells us that he "was in the isle that is called
Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ;" and Irenaeus, speaking of the vision which he had there, says, "It is not very long ago that it was seen, being but a little before our time, at the latter end of Domitian's reign. John's exile in
Patmos; the first, to the Ephesian church; the others to individuals; and that they were sent alone with the Gospel, which the Apostle is supposed also to have written in
Patmos
Sabbath - It was upon the Lord's day—and by this name he calls it—that John on
Patmos saw through the opened door into heaven
John - He suffered under persecution, and was banished to
Patmos (1:9); whence he again returned to Ephesus, where he died, probably about A
John the Apostle - It seems also that he was imprisoned on
Patmos, an island off the coast from Ephesus, from where the book of Revelation was written (
Revelation 1:9)
Revelation of John, the - 6:13), refers to the 24 elders' seats mentioned in Revelation (
Revelation 4:5) by John, also (Quis Dives Salvus? section 42) John's return to Ephesus from
Patmos on the Roman emperor's death. 16:6) he quotes
1 John 5:4-5 and observes "John seems to have beheld the Apocalypse in the isle of
Patmos. The writer's addresses to the seven churches of proconsular Asia accord with the tradition that after John's return from
Patmos at Domitian's death he lived for long in Nerva's reign, and died at Ephesus in Trajan's time (Eusebius, H. Victorinus says he had to labor in the mines of
Patmos. (See
Patmos
Church: Her Glory in Tribulation - ' It was a fair vision to gaze upon, and reminded us 'of the mystic rainbow, which the seer of
Patmos beheld, which was round about the throne, for it strikes us that it was seen by John as a complete circle, of which we see but the half on earth; the upper arch of manifest glory we rejoice to gaze upon, but the lower and foundation arch of the eternal purpose, upon which the visible display of grace is founded, is reserved for our contemplation in another world
Asia - 27); but the Troad and the islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos,
Patmos, and Cos should be added
Feet (2) - And in the Book of Revelation, when the heavenly Jesus appears to the seer of
Patmos, the place of His feet has been made glorious (cf
Domitianus, the Emperor - John's presence at Rome, and of his being thrown, before the Porta Latina, at the command of the emperor, into a cauldron of boiling oil, and then banished to
Patmos
Nerva - It is highly probable also that the apostle John was automatically released from confinement in
Patmos, as the death of Domitian of necessity constituted his acta null and void (Eus
Revelation, the Book of - He was a “fellow partaker in the tribulation” which is “in Jesus,” who, because of his testimony to Jesus, was exiled to the island of
Patmos (
Revelation 1:9 NAS). John's Vision on the Island of
Patmos (
Revelation 11:7 )...
III. ...
John's Vision on the Island of
Patmos (1:9-20) While in exile on
Patmos, John saw the risen Lord (
Revelation 2:13 )
Sabbath - Thus John, when speaking of those revelations made to him by the Lord Jesus in the Isle of
Patmos, saith that he was in the Spirit on the Lord's day
John - Its author claims to be “John,” it is associated with
Patmos and Ephesus, and in tone it fits the character of the apostle who was called “Boanerges. ...
The Acts of John is a third-century apocryphal writing which records miraculous events, John's journey to Rome, his exile on
Patmos, accounts of several journeys, and a detailed account of John's death
Vision(s) - ...
The Book of Revelation is a record of prophetic visions given to John, who was exiled on the island of
Patmos
River - ’ To the Seer of
Patmos, the New Jerusalem would not be complete without the river of water of life
John the Apostle - ...
It is only necessary to add that the John mentioned in
Revelation 1:4 ;
Revelation 1:9 as writing to the Seven Churches in Asia from the island of
Patmos was identified by early tradition with the son of Zebedee. 18, 20) that during the persecution of Domitian ‘the apostle and evangelist John’ was banished to
Patmos, and that on the accession of Nerva (a. John and the young disciple who fell into evil ways and became the chief of a band of robbers, as having occurred when ‘after the tyrant’s death he returned from the isle of
Patmos to Ephesus
Sea of Glass - The description of scenery surrounding the throne gathers up all the symbolism of the past, the cosmological, eschatological, and ritual elements, coloured, it may be, by the local scenery of
Patmos
Lamb - ...
Many surprises await one who, familiar only with the significance of the Lamb in the Levitical sacrifices, traces the new forms in which the figure made itself at home in the visions of the Seer of
Patmos
Revelation, Book of - ...
Patmos, the place of John’s imprisonment, was an island off the coast from Ephesus in the west of Asia Minor
Nicolaitans - John being sent to
Patmos, may have been the time which enabled the Nicolaitans to exhibit their principles
John (the Apostle) - Regarding John’s banishment to
Patmos. —The discussion of the deliverances of tradition in regard to John’s exile in
Patmos is vitally connected with the authorship of the Apocalypse (see art. If John was in
Patmos, it may be that he went thither, as Weiss supposes, to find a religious retreat, or, as others think, to avoid persecution
Daniel, the Book of - His book written amidst pagan isolation is the Old Testament Apocalypse, as the Revelation of John written in the lonely
Patmos is the New Testament Apocalypse; the two respectively stand apart, his from the prophets, John's from the epistles
Apocrypha, New Testament - It tells the story of John's journey from Jerusalem to Rome and his imprisonment on the isle of
Patmos
Temple - The biblical authors from Moses through Ezekiel and Haggai to John of
Patmos never describe a complete temple, but offer a vision of what the temple was to be: the locus of the presence of God
Judgments of God - John into a caldron of boiling oil, and afterwards banished him into the isle of
Patmos
Episcopalians - We are told that the other Apostles constituted their first- fruits, that is, their first disciples, after they had proved them by the Spirit, bishops and deacons of those who were to believe; and that the Apostle John, who survived the rest, after returning from
Patmos, the place of his banishment, went about the neighbouring nations, ordaining bishops, establishing whole churches, and setting apart particular persons for the ministry, as they were pointed out to him by the Spirit
Ascension - John in
Patmos were of quite another nature
Leucius, Author of n.t. Apocryphal Additions - He appears to have mentioned the exile to
Patmos, and as resulting from a decree of the Roman emperor; but that the emperor was not named is likely from the variations of subsequent writers
James And John, the Sons of Zebedee - No one could have included John among those who had not made the confession διὰ φωνῆς, in view either of
Patmos or of the legend of the cauldron of oil
Manuscripts - Petersburg, Rome,
Patmos, London, and Vienna
Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis - Papias in commenting on
Mat_20:22 may very well have said as does Origen that John had been condemned by the Roman emperor to exile at
Patmos and that James had been killed by the Jews
Revelation, the - It is not known when the book was written, nor by what emperor John was banished to the Isle of
Patmos
Text of the New Testament - Forty-five leaves have long been known (33 at
Patmos, 6 in the “Vatican, 4 in the British Museum, and 2 at Vienna); and 182 more leaves came to light in 1896 in Asia Minor, and are now at St