Bible Cities: Patmos
The Island of Patmos in the Bible

Patmos in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 deepest interest for all time. It
is now
called Patmo. (See JOHN ¯T0002088.)
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Patmos in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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 southern half of the island
is the monastery of John the divine, and the traditional
grotto of his receiving the Apocalypse. In the middle ages
called Palmosa from its palms; now there is but one, and the
island has resumed its old name Patmo or Patino. It is
unvisited by Turks, without any mosque, and saddled with
moderate tribute, free from piracy, slavery, and any police
but their own.
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Patmos in Hitchcock's Bible Names
mortal
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Patmos in Naves Topical Bible
(An island in the Aegean Sea)
-John, an exile on
Re 1:9
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Patmos in Smiths Bible Dictionary
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 hill to the south,
crowning a commanding height, is the celebrated monastery
which bears the name of "John the Divine." Halfway up the
descent is the cave or grotto where tradition says that St.
John received the Revelation.
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Patmos in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE
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
broad along the northern coast. It is for the most part
rocky. The highest part is Mount Elias, which rises to a
height of over 800 ft. As in Greece, and in the adjacent
mainland of Asia Minor, the land is treeless. Near the city
of Patmos there is a good harbor. A famous monastery,
Christodulos, was founded on the island in 1088. Near this
is a thriving school, attended by students from all parts of
the Archipelago. The population of the island numbers 3,000,
almost entirely Greek. The ancient capital was on an isthmus
between the inlets of La Scala and Merika. Many ruins can
still be seen. The huge walls of Cyclopean masonry, similar
to those at Tiryns, attest their great age. In Roman times
Patmos was one of the many places to which Rome banished her
exiles. In 95 AD, according to a tradition preserved by
Irenaeus, Eusebius, Jerome and others, John was exiled here-
-in the 14th year of the reign of Domitian--whence he
returned to Ephesus under Nerva (96 AD). The cave in which
he is said to have seen his visions is still pointed out to
the traveler. Only a small part of the once valuable library
in the monastery of Christodulos is left. Just 100 years ago
(1814) Mr. E.D. Clark purchased here the manuscript of Plato
which is now in the Bodleian Library, the celebrated
Clarkianus, a parchment written in the year 895, and
admittedly the best of all for the 1st of the 2 volumes into
which the works of Plato were divided for convenience.
Patmos is mentioned by Thucydides (iii.33), by Pliny (NH,
iv.23), and by Strabo (x.5).
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Patmos Scripture - Revelation 1:9
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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