If I had to put together a timeline...
8 AD John is born
29 AD Jesus calls John and Peter to be disciples.
32 AD John witnesses transfiguration.
33 AD Jesus asks John to take care of Mary
45 AD John at Jerusalem council.
54 AD - Mary the Mother of Jesus dies, freeing John for ministry
66 AD John leaves for Ephesus.
70 AD Jerusalem destroyed
80 AD John writes the gospel of John
94 AD St. John was apprehended by the proconsul of Asia and sent to Rome,
95 AD John miraculously preserved from death when thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil
96 AD John banished to Patmos where he writes Revelation
97 AD - John returns to Ephesus after the death of Domitian
96-98 AD John writes epistles
99 AD John dies
And is this the tomb of St John in Ephesus?
John actually wrote revelations in the spring of 67 A.D. 42 months before the destruction of the second temple. according to his own words in Revelations 11:1. As well he confirms this timeline in Revelations 17:9,10
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