Several interesting features of the book of Revelation may shed some light on the kind of person he was. For one thing, the book contains numerous grammatical flaws in the original language (Greek). The Greek of Revelation reminds scholars of the practice writing of first-century schoolchildren (Greek samples of schoolwork exist among the papyrus documents unearthed in Egypt). So John was probably not a Greek speaker by either birth or training. Further evidence suggests that the author probably grew up in Palestine in a Jewish environment. If he had spent most of his life in Palestine and
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