John the Apostle bare record in his Gospel and in the Apocalypse.  It should be clear that it was John the Baptist who bare record in the Apocalypse.  John the Baptist is just one of His servants.  There are three of them and they are all named John.

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A key word in the Old Testament but not in the New Testament with the exception of the Apocalypse.  If you take away Jesus, the churches and Antipas, you could argue that it belongs in the Old Testament and you would have no trouble identifying who wrote it.  John the Baptist.

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attributed to John the Baptist.  The word lamb is found 142 times in the Old Testament, 27 times in the Apocalypse, and six times in the rest of the New Testament.  Two of the six times are attributed to John the Baptist who was preparing the way for the Lamb of God but at the time did not know it was Jesus who is mentioned 12 times in the Apocalypse.  Was the name of Jesus in the first version of the Apocalypse?

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with Victorinus and Eusebius.  The seven churches Victorinus mentions in his commentary on the Apocalypse are the ones Paul wrote to.  The letters are to seven spirits not seven churches.  Eusebius mentions six of the seven churches but never associates them with the Apocalypse.  Could it be their copy of John’s Apocalypse did not mention them?

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in Church History by Eusebius. The word martyr is not missing, you will find it 355 times. Martyrs from Pergamus are not missing, Carpus and Papylus, and a woman named Agathonice are mentioned as martyrs in Pergamus but not Antipas.  A commentary of the Apocalypse by Victorinus does not mention Antipas.  Could it be their copy of John’s Apocalypse did not mention Antipas?

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