Companion] RV 'partaker with you.'

Tribulation, etc.] RV 'the tribulation and kingdom and patience,' Patience] i.e. brave endurance. Of Jesus Christ] RV 'which are in Jesus.' Tribulation, kingdom, and patience are all found in union with Christ, and as such are to St. John the characteristic elements of the life of the Church. Patmos] a small, bare volcanic island in the Agean Sea, about 15 m. from Ephesus. For the word of God, etc.] i.e. probably he had been banished in punishment for his Christian preaching. 'It was the common practice to send exiles to the most rocky and desolate islands.'

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