Patmos in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a small rocky and barren island, one of the group called the
"Sporades," in the AEgean Sea. It is mentioned in
Scripture only
in Rev. 1:9. It was on this island, to which John was
banished
by the emperor Domitian (A.D. 95), that he received
from God the
wondrous revelation recorded in his book. This has
naturally
invested it with the deepest interest for all time. It
is now
called Patmo. (See JOHN -T0002088.)
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