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The seven churches

Patmos and the letters of Revelation, from Ephesus to Laodicea

Patmos, where John received the vision (1:9), and the seven churches of the province of Asia, in the order Revelation 1:11 names them, the same order as the letters of chapters 2 and 3. No line joins them: the text names them, it does not describe a journey.

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Asia ASIA Patmos Patmos 6 Philadelphia 6 Philadelphia 3 Pergamum 3 Pergamum 2 Smyrna 2 Smyrna 5 Sardis 5 Sardis 4 Thyatira 4 Thyatira 7 Laodicea 7 Laodicea 1 Ephesus 1 Ephesus 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 · Roads: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0

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THE NUMBERS: THE TEXT'S ORDER · NO ROUTE: THE TEXT GIVES THE ORDER, NOT THE WAY; THE THIN LINES ARE ROADS ROMAN ROAD DATED BY AD 95 (ITINER-E, CC BY 4.0) · DASHED: CONJECTURED COURSE

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