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Slavonic Josephus, and the date of Revelation
https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13795
samausbibleguy » Mon May 26, 2025 1:42 pm
Slavonic Josephus has some information Greek Josephus does not https://sacred-texts.com/chr/gno/gjb/gjb-3.htm
One thing not in the Greek version is about how Claudius Caesar sent two of his politicians ( that ruled between 44-48 AD) to Judea to cause problems for Christians
11. But afterwards, becoming pestered by them, they had them sent away, some to the Emperor, but others to Antioch, others again to distant lands,—for the testing of the matter.
Revelation 1:9 states, "I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus
Claudius expelled Judeans from Rome but it may have meant Christians as he observed Christianity started in Judea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius% ... _from_Rome
All this indicates Revelation was written between 44-48 AD. Revelation 1-12 happened 70 AD (Rev 13-22 is future) so it makes sense it was written decades before so enough time could be given for Christians to read it, and learn what was about to come upon them.
At some point the oral traditions got distorted, and the apocryphal acts of John (written after 70 AD but before 180 AD) says John stood before Domitian, swallowed poison, lived, and then was exiled to Patmos where he wrote Revelation, and then Irenaeus 180 AD picked up on that wrong information, and said the same thing. I think John was sent to Claudius, stood before him, and drank poison, lived, and then was exiled to Patmos. The drinking poison, and surviving thing was prophesied in the longer ending of Mark, and the other prophecies in that section were fulfilled in the NT proving the longer ending is original.
Slavonic Josephus, and the date of Revelation
https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13795
samausbibleguy » Mon May 26, 2025 1:42 pm
Slavonic Josephus has some information Greek Josephus does not https://sacred-texts.com/chr/gno/gjb/gjb-3.htm
One thing not in the Greek version is about how Claudius Caesar sent two of his politicians ( that ruled between 44-48 AD) to Judea to cause problems for Christians
11. But afterwards, becoming pestered by them, they had them sent away, some to the Emperor, but others to Antioch, others again to distant lands,—for the testing of the matter.
Revelation 1:9 states, "I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus
Claudius expelled Judeans from Rome but it may have meant Christians as he observed Christianity started in Judea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius% ... _from_Rome
All this indicates Revelation was written between 44-48 AD. Revelation 1-12 happened 70 AD (Rev 13-22 is future) so it makes sense it was written decades before so enough time could be given for Christians to read it, and learn what was about to come upon them.
At some point the oral traditions got distorted, and the apocryphal acts of John (written after 70 AD but before 180 AD) says John stood before Domitian, swallowed poison, lived, and then was exiled to Patmos where he wrote Revelation, and then Irenaeus 180 AD picked up on that wrong information, and said the same thing. I think John was sent to Claudius, stood before him, and drank poison, lived, and then was exiled to Patmos. The drinking poison, and surviving thing was prophesied in the longer ending of Mark, and the other prophecies in that section were fulfilled in the NT proving the longer ending is original.
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