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Patmos
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
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a small rocky island in the AEgean Sea, about eighteen miles in circumference; which, on account of its dreary and desolate character, was used by the Roman emperors as a place of confinement for criminals. To this island St. John was banished by the Emperor Domitian; and here he had his revelation, recorded in the Apocalypse.
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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Patmos'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/p/patmos.html. 1831-2.
Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Patmos'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/p/patmos.html. 1831-2.
