<P> Tradition links him to John the Apostle , but it is unlikely that the apostle could have lived into the most likely time for the book 's composition , the reign of Domitian , and the author never states that he knew Jesus . All that is known is that this John was a Jewish Christian prophet , probably belonging to a group of such prophets , and was accepted as such by the congregations to whom he addresses his letter . His precise identity remains unknown , and modern scholarship commonly refers to him as John of Patmos . </P>
<P> Tradition links him to John the Apostle , but it is unlikely that the apostle could have lived into the most likely time for the book 's composition , the reign of Domitian , and the author never states that he knew Jesus . All that is known is that this John was a Jewish Christian prophet , probably belonging to a group of such prophets , and was accepted as such by the congregations to whom he addresses his letter . His precise identity remains unknown , and modern scholarship commonly refers to him as John of Patmos . </P>
who is speaking in the book of revelation
who is speaking in the book of revelation
John of Patmos
John of Patmos