There were at least three people who claimed to be Nero between ad69–96 and, according to St Augustine, there was a belief as late as the fifth century ad that Nero would return as the Antichrist (De civ. d. 20.19.3) (Paul A. Gallivan, “The False Neros: A Re-Examination”, Historia 22 (1973).

(John, the Son of Zebedee R.A Culpepper, pg 99) (Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, pg. 1393)

It’s Rome: The New Testament A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, Oxford University Press The beast has seven heads, and we are told that these are seven mountains on which the woman is seated (v. 9). For those who know enough about the world in which the prophet was writing, this will be…

Revelation 12:1-6 Commentary The Woman symbolizes the chosen ones of Israel (the Church). The crown of 12 stars symbolizes the 12 tribes of Israel and/or the 12 disciples. The male child pertains to Jesus. According to the preterist interpretation (Chilton, Ford, Mounce), the woman fleeing to wilderness pertains to the flight of Jewish Christians from…

This is based off of Revelation 2:9 where some peope interpret it as Jews being the Synagogue of Satan.Elaine Pagels in her book Revelations suggests rather a different interpretation:As John saw it, Paul’s converts were not like the Gentiles whom Jews had called “those who show reverence for God” and who had long sought to…

Kummel provides the following information on dating the Apocalypse of John (Introduction to the New Testament, pp. 466-8):According to the oldest tradition [in Iren., Adv. Haer. 5.30.3] Rev was written toward the end of the reign of Domitian (81-96). The book’s own testimony indicates that it originated in the province of Asia in a time…

Revelation 20:5 as an interpolation https://www.jstor.org/stable/42613444

On reviewing Revelations 7, one thing that is striking to me is that the 144,000 (Rev 7:4) is the number of “marked servants of God” (the nature of the marking relates to the scene in Ezek 9, where the righteous are sealed on the forehead, reflecting amuletic practices like the placement of “tefillin” (Deut 6.8;…

Probably not, but we can go over some speculation.There are areas where they may disagree on issues (such as the matter of food sacrificed to idols). One relevant fact is that Revelation 2:8-11 is addressed to the church in Smyrna and the later bishop of Smyrna, Polycarp, was so heavily steeped in the Pauline epistles…