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TheGreatDebateOrRevealingTheTruth, page : 119
Since the text of the Gospel and the Epistles is as refined as the
style of the Greeks. Contrary to this the book of Revelation
contains a text very different in style from the Greeks, full of
uncommon expressions.
12 Besides this the Evangelists have a common practice in that
they do not disclose their names in the Gospels nor in the
Epistles, but describe themselves in the first person or in the
third person, while the writer of this book has mentioned his own
name. In the revelation of Jesus in chapter I he says: "The
revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to show unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and
signified it by his Angel unto his servant John."
13 He also writes in chapter 4:
"John to the seven churches which are in Asia." In chapter 9 he
says: "1, John, who am your brother, and companion in tribulation
style of the Greeks. Contrary to this the book of Revelation
contains a text very different in style from the Greeks, full of
uncommon expressions.
12 Besides this the Evangelists have a common practice in that
they do not disclose their names in the Gospels nor in the
Epistles, but describe themselves in the first person or in the
third person, while the writer of this book has mentioned his own
name. In the revelation of Jesus in chapter I he says: "The
revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to show unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and
signified it by his Angel unto his servant John."
13 He also writes in chapter 4:
"John to the seven churches which are in Asia." In chapter 9 he
says: "1, John, who am your brother, and companion in tribulation