. The Apocalypse of St. John : the Greek text with introduction, notes and indices. iepofji€vr]v Iwdvvov A7roKaAvi//tveupaKcvai. 4. Perhaps no conjecture hazarded by an ancient writer hasbeen so widely adopted in modern times. A conjecture it stillremains, for no fresh light has been thrown on the enigmaticfigure of John the Elder. But this circumstance has not pre-vented scholars from confidently attributing to him one or moreof the Johannine group of writings. Even in Jeromes time itwas usual to identify the Elder of 2 and 3 John with the secondJohn of Papias. Hieron. de virr. ill. 9 lohanni
. The Apocalypse of St. John : the Greek text with introduction, notes and indices. iepofji€vr]v Iwdvvov A7roKaAvi//tveupaKcvai. 4. Perhaps no conjecture hazarded by an ancient writer hasbeen so widely adopted in modern times. A conjecture it stillremains, for no fresh light has been thrown on the enigmaticfigure of John the Elder. But this circumstance has not pre-vented scholars from confidently attributing to him one or moreof the Johannine group of writings. Even in Jeromes time itwas usual to identify the Elder of 2 and 3 John with the secondJohn of Papias. Hieron. de virr. ill. 9 lohannis presbyteri adseruntur, cuiushodie alterum sepulcrum apud Ephesum ostenditur. In c. 18 of the opinionem qua a plerisque rettulimus traditum duasposteriores epistulas lohannis non apostoli esse sed presbyteri. Onthe other hand he holds that both the Gospel and the Apocalypsewere written by the Apostle (c. 9). 1 ap. Eus. H. E. vii. 25. 2 jj. e. iii. 39. To face p. elxxvii. AUTHORSHIP clxxvii The Apocalypse is now ascribed to the Elder by perhapsa majority of critics. But recent criticism goes further, andtransfers to the Elder nearly all that has been hitherto given tothe Apostle. There were two Johns in the Apostolic age, butonly one of them was a resident in Asia, and he was the Elderand not the son of Zebedee. It was the Elder, it is said, and notthe Apostle who was the disciple that Jesus loved, who gave hisname to the Johannine books of the New Testament, and claimsto be the writer of the Apocalypse. At this point it will be convenient to collect the traditions whichrelate to the residence of John in Asia and his exile to Patnios.(i) Residence in Asia. Iran, ii 22. 5 (o/j. Eus. iii. 23):7ravT€S ol TvpnajSvTipoL fxaprvpovcriv, 01 Kara ttjv A<riav lojaivv; tcS toCKvpiov ]Trj cru/x/Je/JXr/KoVe?, TrupaScSwKeVai [ravraj tov lojdivqy irapi-/X€iV€ yap avToli fJ-^XP- ^^^ Tpaiavov \povu}V. lb. iii. 3. 4 {(ip. E. iv. 14) : Kttt e
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