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The Emperor Domitian reigned as Roman Emperor from 81 to 96 A.D. He likely banished John to the island of Patmos, in 95 A.D., with the hope that he would die on the island. Patmos itself is near the coast of Asia Minor and the city of Ephesus. Domitian's successor Nerva, who ruled the world empire from 96 to early 98, likely released him in 96 ...
The Patmos Vision. 9 I, John, your brother and fellow participant in the tribulation and kingdom and [ a]perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the [ b]Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “Write ...
Jesus himself is responsible for the thought that John would outlive Peter (John 21:18-23). Patmos was a convenient place to exile and isolate John from the churches of Asia Minor. On an isolated island, miles away from his beloved churches, it would seem likely that John would be wondering what next.
Apr 8, 2017 · John of Patmos rejected their claims outright. John of Patmos also decried the ‘prophesying’ or ecstatic behaviour which was evidently rife among the Asia Minor Christians. Thus, he wrote to the city of Pergamum in 2:15 identifying it with ‘Satan’s throne’ and decrying the fact that it followed the Nicolaitans.
Patmos Sweet Patmos. John has taken up residence on the island of Patmos. A nice enough place, though it doesn't seem like he really wants to be there. Some scholars think he might have either fled to Patmos to avoid being arrested as a Christian or been exiled there. (Have you seen the travel brochure? It's a pretty sweet place to be in exile.)
Obviously, John of Patmos was a Judaizer. There is no reason to worry about food being offered to idols, because the "gods" represented by idols are not real. So John of Patmos was a superstitious man, according to Jesus, Peter and Paul, if he believed that offering food to a nonexistent "god" made it "unclean."
Jan 21, 2022 · The most plausible theory of John’s death states that John was arrested in Ephesus and faced martyrdom when his enemies threw him in a huge basin of boiling oil. However, according to the tradition, John was miraculously delivered from death. The authorities then sentenced John to slave labor in the mines of Patmos.
