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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
The Place. — The isle that is called Patmos,

— a small, barren island off the west coast of

Asia Minor, between the island of Icaria and

the promontory of Miletus, where in John’s

day was located the nearest Christian church.

It is about eight miles in length, one in

breadth, and eighteen in circumference. Its

present name is Patino or Patmosa. The coast

is high, and consists of a succession of capes,

which form many ports. The only one now in

use is a deep bay sheltered by high mountains

on every side but one, where it is protected by

a projecting cape. The town attached to this

port is situated upon a high, rocky mountain

rising immediately from the sea, and is the

only inhabited site of the island. About half

way up the mountain on which this town is

built, there is shown a natural grotto in the

rock, where tradition will have it that John had