Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I But the writer of the Revelation puts himself forward at once in the very beginning, for he says: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which He gave to him to show to His servants quickly; and He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bare record of the Word of God, and of his testimony, and of all things that he saw."[16] Polycrates of Ephesus Those who in our own times have revived the observance of the Jewish Sabbath, show us how much may be said on their side,[3]