Excerpt from A Commentary, With Notes, on Part of the Book of the Revelation of John We have the tefiimony of the apofile himfelf, that he received this Revelation while he was ba nilhed in the ifle of Patmos and we learn from the tefiimony of Antiquity, that this was in the perfecution that was raifed againfi the Chrifiians by the Emperor DO mitian. It is therefore, with good reafon, that the learned and in duf'trious Dr. Lardner has fixed the date of this Book to the year of our Lord 96. 1 know that feveral commentators, and critics of great name have l'trongly contended, that it ought to be carried back to a much earlier period, and that it can fcarcely be later than the time of Claudius, or of Nero. Thofe who underfiand this Book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.