Was the book of revelations wrote while john was at island patmos?

Answer 1

A:Simply because the Book of Revelation was signed by a person called John, it was decided late in the second century that this must have been the apostle John. Whoever this John was, it clearly was not the author of John's Gospel, as the style and the theology are too different. Nevertheless, after the decision to attribute Revelation to the apostle John, a tradition evolved that the apostle John was exiled to Patmos because he miraculously survived all attempts to kill him. It is never explained how it was possible to exile John anywhere, if his enemies were unable to harm him.

There is no evidence that the apostle John was ever on the island of Patmos. Revelation 1:1 states that the Book of Revelation was written by a person called John, and Revelation 1:9 says that he wrote from Patmos, without at any stage saying that he had been exiled to the island. So unless there is proof that he was forcibly restrained, it should be assumed that John of Patmos could leave the island whenever he chose, and return at any time he chose.

Answer 2

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Because he was a Christian preaching the Gospels. But this history is not sure.

Revelation 1:1 states that the Book of Revelation was written by a person called John, and Revelation 1:9 says that he wrote from Patmos, without at any stage saying that he had been exiled to the island.

During the second century, it was decided that the author of Revelation must have been the apostle John, merely because of the coincidence of names. It then became necessary to explain why the apostle John came to be on the Island of Patmos. It was decided that the emperor had him boiled in oil, but that this did not harm him, so he was exiled to Patmos. It is never explained how it was possible to exile John anywhere, if his enemies were unable to harm him.

Another answer:

John was exiled to Patmos as punishment for refusing to stop preaching the gospel. Revelation 1:9 - I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.[NKJV]

Because he preached the Gospels; but this John is a controversial person not confirmed by any serious document.

Answer 3

There is no real evidence that the apostle John was ever on the island of Patmos. In the second century, the Church Fathers decided by a process of elimination that John was the probable author of the Gospel that now bears his name, but which had previously been anonymous. The Church Fathers also noted that the Book of Revelation was signed by a person called John, and formed the view that this John was therefore also the apostle John, although the style and theology were entirely different to the Gospel of John. Thus came about the tradition that the apostle John wrote Revelation.

If the Book of Revelation was written from the island of Patmos, then it was necessary for John to have been in Patmos, so a Christian tradition grew up around the miraculous event that led to his being exiled there. However, there is no good reason to accept this story, so we can not really say what year the apostle John was on Patmos.

Modern biblical scholars now call the author of Revelation by the name "John of Patmos" in order to distinguish him from other persons by the same name. The final version of the book was probably written around the end of the first century, so this John was probably on Patmos at that time, but we can not say how long he lived there.

Answer 4

A:No, there is no evidence that Paul ever visited Patmos. An otherwise unknown person called John wrote the Book of Revelation from the Island of Patmos. Later in the second century, the Church Fathers decided that, because of the name, this must have been the disciple John but that has little support now among New Testament scholars.

Answer 5

No reason is given for John being exiled to Patmos, in fact neither the Book of Revelation nor any other part of The Bible actually says that he was exiled to Patmos at all.

Until the Church Fathers decided that the 'John' who wrote the Book of Revelation must have been John the Apostle, the book was generally regarded as of little importance and probably spurious. When the decision had been made that the apostle John had been the author, it became necessary to create a history for Revelation. A Christian tradition grew up that the emperor had John boiled in oil, but John emerged unharmed. Unable to do any bodily harm to the apostle, the emperor then had him exiled to the island of Patmos.

Modern scholars recognise that the author of Revelationclearly was not the author of John's Gospel and was most unlikely to have been the apostle John. To differentiate John of Revelation from John the apostle, he is now frequently referred to simply as John of Patmos. This recognises that he was not really exiled on Patmos.

Answer 6

Yes the book of revelation was written by John when he was kept a prisoner on the island of Patmos.

Answer 7

He could have written more books that have not survived down to the present day, but there is only one book that we know of that was written by John of Patmos - the Book of Revelation.

Answer 8

The Patmos island is situated in the Dodecanese Archipelago, Aegean Sea, Greece.

Answer 9

REVELATION

Answer 10

Probably in the year 100 a.d.