Revelation 1:9

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I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.

The Seven Churches of RevelationAsia Minor showing the location of the seven churches addressed in Revelation.

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Patmos was a small Aegean island where John was exiled “because of the word of God”; Asia was the Roman province in western Asia Minor containing the seven churches named. Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea were cities receiving Revelation’s pastoral message amid Roman power and local pressures.

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Revelation 1:9 mentions Asia, Ephesus, Laodicea, Patmos, Pergamum, Philadelphia, Sardis, Smyrna and Thyatira.

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