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When Was the Book of Revelation Written? Early Christian writers are almost in agreement that the book of Revelation was written during the reign of Domitian which ended in A.D. 96. This is seen in the following references:
Irenaeus, who claims to have had a personal connection with the apostle John through Polycarp, says of the book of Revelation, “For that was seen no very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitian’s reign” (op. cit. v. 30. 3; ANF, vol. 1, pp. 559, 560).
Victorinus (died c. A.D. 303) writes, “When John said these things he was in the island of Patmos, condemned to the labour of the mines by Caesar Domitian. There, therefore, he saw the Apocalypse” (Commentary on the Apocalypse, on ch. 10:11; ANF, vol. 7, p. 353; Revelation 1:9).
Eusebius (op. cit. iii. 20. 8, 9) records that John was sent to Patmos by Domitian, and that when those who had been unjustly banished by Domitian were released by his successor, Nerva (A.D. 96–98; see Vol. VI, p. 87), the apostle returned to Ephesus.
Thus, the early Christian testimony places the writing of the Revelation in the time of Domitian’s reign.