Patmos
pat'-mos (Patomos; Italian: San Giovanni di Patino): A
Turkish island of the group Sporades, Southwest of Samos,
mentioned once in the Bible, Rev 1:9, "I, John .... was in
the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the
testimony of Jesus" (dia ton logon tou theou kai ten
marturian Iesou). The island is 10 miles long, and about 6
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(An island in the Aegean Sea)
-John, an exile on
Re 1:9...
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Re 1:9 a rugged and bare island in the AEgean Sea, 20 miles
south of Samos and 24 west of Asia Minor. It was the scene of
the banishment of St. John in the reign of Domitian, A.D. 95.
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. On the hi...
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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 deepe...
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Revelation 1:9. One of the Sporades. A small rugged island of
the Icarian Sea, part of the Aegean; 20 miles S. of Samos, 24
W. of Asia Minor, 25 in circumference. The scene of John's
banishment (by Domitian), where he "was in the Spirit on the
Lord's day." The rocky solitude suited the sublime nature of
the Revelation. On a hill in the souther...
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I John, who also am your brother, and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God,
and for the testimony of Jesus Christ....
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