AD 95 · Early Church

John's Revelation on Patmos

Exiled on Patmos, John heard the voice like a trumpet and saw the risen Lord among the lampstands (Revelation 1:10-16).

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📖 Revelation 1:9–11

9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus. 10On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

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Sources: Scripture — Revelation 1:9-20
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