he received those revelations from Christ which are the wonder of all ages. It is supposed that his exile to this desolate spot took place under Domitian (A.D. 96). He died at Ephesus, in the reign of Trajan, after he had reached a very great age; some say one hundred years, others one hundred and twenty. Notice— III. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS INNER LIFE. All seem to agree that John’s mind had in it much of the woman’s nature: retiring rather than demonstrative; receptive rather than originative;