He then (ver. 9—20.) mentions the place where the Revelation
Was given, and describes the manner and circumstances of the first
vision. The place where the Revelation was given was Patmos, a
desolate island in the Archipelago, whither he was, banished for the
confession of the Gospel. It is not well known at what time, or by
whom he was banished into this island; but we may suppose it to
have happened in the reign of Nero more probably than in that of
Domitian. It is indeed the more general opinion, that the Apo-
calypse was written in Domitian’s reign; and this opinion is founded

| δ" the * testimony of Irenzeus, who was the disciple of Polycarp,
who had been the disciple of St. John. This authority is great, and
1s made still greater, as it is confirmed by ἡ Eusebius in his Chro-


| 1 Tren. advers. Heres. Lib: v. cap. xxx. p. 449. Edit. Grabe.
τ Eusebii Chron. Lib. i. Edit. Scalig. p. 80. Gr. p. 44. Lat. Vide etiam, p. 164. Libri
| posterioris, et Chron. Can. p. 208. Hist. Eccles. Lib. iii. cap. xviii.
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4.84. DISSERTATION XXIV.
