Justin Martyr
2nd century · AD 165 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 172 passages
A philosopher who became a Christian and defended the faith to emperors and Jewish teachers, reading the Old Testament as pointing to Christ.
In his own words on Revelation
- Revelation 1:1
And further, there was a certain man with us, whose name was John, one of the apostles of Christ, who prophesied, by a revelation that was made to him, that those who believed in our Christ would dwell a thousand years in Jerusalem; and that thereafter the general, and, in short, the eternal resurrection and judgment of all men would likewise take place.
Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LXXXI
- Revelation 20:4
And further, there was a certain man with us, whose name was John, one of the apostles of Christ, who prophesied, by a revelation that was made to him, that those who believed in our Christ would dwell a thousand years in Jerusalem; and that thereafter the general, and, in short, the eternal resurrection and judgment of all men would likewise take place.
Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LXXXI
- Revelation 20:4-6
But I and others, who are right-minded Christians on all points, are assured that there will be a resurrection of the dead, and a thousand years in Jerusalem, which will then be built, adorned, and enlarged, [as] the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah and others declare.
Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LXXX
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.