Before Jerusalem Fell

108 BEFORE JERUSALEM FELL
Domitian, Eusebius alleges in his Chronicon.” Arethas does not
appear to be satisfied with what Eusebius “alleges.” This is all the
more evident in his comments on Revelation 7:1 and 7:4 (see above);
there Arethas speaks his own mind. He then goes on to note that
Josephus records the fulfillment of the predictions in the seals. Stuart
saw these – and rightly, it would seem – to be compellingly suggestive
of a pre-A.D. 70 date for Revelation.
Tkophylact
A much later witness is Theophylact, Metropolitan of Bulgaria
and noted Byzantine exegete (d. 1107). He gives evidence of a dual
tradition on John’s banishment. He puts Revelation “under Trajan,
but elsewhere gives a date which would bring it into the time of
Nero.’ygG In his Pref~e to Cornmentay on tb Gospel ofJohn, Theophylact
puts the banishment of John under Nero when he says John was
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