<P> There are also two references to an unnamed "other disciple" in John 1: 35 - 40 and John 18: 15 - 16, which may be to the same person based on the wording in John 20: 2 . </P> <P> There is no information in the Bible concerning the duration of John's activity in Judea . According to tradition, John and the other Apostles remained some 12 years in this first field of labour . The persecution of Christians under Herod Agrippa I led to the scattering of the Apostles through the Roman Empire's provinces . </P> <P> A messianic community existed at Ephesus before Paul's first labours there (cf . "the brethren"), in addition to Priscilla and Aquila . The original community was under the leadership of Apollos (1 Corinthians 1: 12). They were disciples of John the Baptist and were converted by Aquila and Priscilla . According to Church tradition, after the Assumption of Mary, John went to Ephesus . From there he wrote the three epistles attributed to him . John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where, according to tradition, he wrote the Book of Revelation . According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it . It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle . This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians . </P> <P> When John was aged, he trained Polycarp who later became Bishop of Smyrna . This was important because Polycarp was able to carry John's message to future generations . Polycarp taught Irenaeus, passing on to him stories about John . Similar goes with Ignatius of Antioch, who was a student of John and later appointed by Saint Peter to be the Bishop of Antioch . In Against Heresies, Irenaeus relates how Polycarp told a story of </P>

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