a prophecy 

A Revelation – 

A purpose was to prepare the way for the first coming.  John the Baptist was to introduce the Lamb of God to the world.  The word “lamb” can be found 27 times in the Apocalypse.  “Jesus” only 12 times.  The word “Jesus” could have been added later by John the Apostle who knows John the Baptist knows the Lamb of God.   

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a third revelation 

A Brother on Patmos – 

A third John who was in Ephesus when Jerome was finishing his Vulgate that included the Apocalypse.  At the time it was not clear if it would be.  Jerome had to be convinced that it was written by the Apostle.  John Chrysostom was in Ephesus replacing seven bishops at the beginning of the fifth century.  

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