Number of the beast

number associate with the Beast of revelation

TheNumber of the Beast Is 666 by William Blake

Thenumber of the beast (Koinē Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου,Arithmós toû thēríou) is associated with the Beast of revelation in chapter 13,verse 18 of the Book of revelation.In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible,the number of the beast is six hundred sixty-six orχξϛ (in Greek numerals,χ represents 600,ξ represents 60 and ϛ represents 6).^[1] Papyrus 115 ( whichis the old preserve manuscript of therevelation as of 2017^[update]),as well as other ancient sources like Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus,give the number of the beast as χιϛ orχιϲ,transliterable in Arabic numerals as 616 (χιϛ),not 666;^[2][3] critical editions of the Greek text,such as the Novum Testamentum Graece,note χιϛ/616 as a variant.^[4]

Thenumber of the beast is described in revelation 13:15–18.Several translations have been interpreted for the meaning of the phrase “Here is Wisdom.Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast…” where the peculiar Greek word ψηφισάτω (psephisato) is used.Possible translations include “to count”,”to reckon” and also “to vote” or”to decide”.^[5]

In the Textus receptus,derived from Byzantine text-type manuscripts,the number six hundred sixty-six is represented by the Greek numerals χξϛ,^[6][7] with the Greek letter stigma (ϛ) represent the number 6 :

¹⁷καὶ ἵνα μή τις δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα,τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ. ¹⁸Ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν· ὁ ἔχων τὸν νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου· ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστί· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ χξϛʹ.^[8]

ENGLISH
“¹⁷And that no man might buy orsell,save he that had the mark,or the name of the beast,or the number of his name.¹⁸Here is wisdom.Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666.”

In several editions of the Greek Bible,the number is represented by the final three words,ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ,hexakósioi hexēkonta héx,meaning “six hundred [and] sixty-six”:^[9][10]

¹⁷καὶ ἵνα μή τις δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα,τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ. ¹⁸Ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν· ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου,ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.^[11]

ENGLISH
“¹⁷And that no man might buy orsell,save he that had the mark,or the name of the beast,or the number of his name.¹⁸Here is wisdom.Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.”

revelation 13:18 states that if one is wise and has an understanding to count the number of the beast,which is also the number of a man,the number comes to 666.

Fragment from Papyrus 115 (P115) of revelation in the 66th vol.of the Oxyrhynchus series (P.Oxy.4499).^[12] Has thenumber of the beast as χιϛ,616.

Although Irenaeus (2nd century AD) affirmed the number to be 666 and reported several scribal errors of the number,theologians have doubts about the traditional reading^[13] because of the appearance of the figure 616 in the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C; Paris—one of the four great uncial codices),as well as in the Latin version of Tyconius (DCXVI,ed.Souter in the Journal of Theology,SE,April 1913),and in an ancient Armenian version (ed.Conybeare,1907).Irenaeus knew about the 616 reading,but did not adopt it (Haer.V,30) noting instead that those who spoke with the Apostle John (traditionally considered the author of the Book of revelation) “face to face” said that the number was 666.^[14] In the 380s,correcting the existing Latin-language version of the New Testament (commonly referred to as the Vetus Latina),Jerome retained “666”.^[15][16]

Around 2005,a fragment from Papyrus 115,taken from the Oxyrhynchus site,was discovered at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.It gave the beast’s number as 616 (χις).This fragment is the oldest manuscript (about 1,700 years old) of revelation 13 found as of 2017^[update].^[2][3] Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus,known before the Papyrus 115 finding but dating to after it,has 616 written in full: ἑξακόσιοι δέκα ἕξ,hexakosioi deka hex (lit. “six hundred and sixteen”).^[17]

Papyrus 115 and Ephraemi Rescriptus have lead some scholar to regard 616 as the original number of the beast .^[18] According to Paul Louis Couchoud,”Thenumber 666 has been substituted for 616 either by analogy with 888,the [Greek] number of Jesus (Gustav Adolf Deissmann),or because it is a triangular number,the sum of the first 36 numbers (1+2+3+4+5+6+…+36 = 666)”.^[19]

Thebeast’s identity and the beast’s number are usually interpreted by applying one of three methods:^[20]: 718

1. Using gematria to find the numbers that equate to the names of world leaders,to check for a match with the scriptural number.
2. treat the number of the beast as a duration of time .
3. Linking the scriptural imagery and symbolism of the Antichrist with characteristics of world leaders who oppose Christianity.

Identification by gematria

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In Greek isopsephy and Hebrew gematria,every letter has a corresponding numeric value.Summing these numbers gives a numeric value to a word orname.Theuse of isopsephy to calculate “the number of the beast” is used in many of the below interpretations.

Bust of Nero at Musei Capitolini,Rome

Since the 1830s,theologians like Christian Friedrich Fritzsche,Franz Ferdinand Benary,Ferdinand Hitzig and Eduard Reuss pointed the number 666 to Nero,who was the first emperor to have persecuted Christians.^[21] Preterist theologians typically support the interpretation that 666 is the numerical equivalent of the name and title Nero Caesar (Roman Emperor 54–68 AD).^{[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]} Written in Aramaic,this can be valued at 666 using the Hebrew numerology of gematria,and was used to secretly speak against the emperor.^{[citation needed]} Additionally,”Nero Caesar” in the Hebrew alphabet is נרון קסר NRON QSR,which when interpreted numerically represents the numbers 50 200 6 50 100 60 200,which add up to 666,although this has been disputed by some who note that the second nun is in its final form (sofit) and thereby the value would be 700 instead of 50 whichwould make Caesar’s name add to 1316 instead of 666.^[29]

TheGreek term χάραγμα (charagma,”mark” in revelation 13:16) was most commonly used for imprints on documents orcoins.Charagma is well attested to have been an imperial seal of the Roman Empire used on official documents during the 1st and 2nd centuries.^[30] In the reign of Emperor Decius (249–251 AD),those who did not possess the certificate of sacrifice (libellus) to Caesar could not pursue trades,a prohibition that conceivably goes back to Nero,reminding one of revelation 13:17.^[31]

Preterists argue that revelation was written before the destruction of the Temple,with Nero exiling John to Patmos.^[32] Most scholars,however,argue it was written after Nero committed suicide in AD 68.Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic Encyclopedia has noted that revelation was “written during the latter part of the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian,probably in A.D.95 or96”.^[33] additional protestant scholars is are are in agreement .^[a]

Because some people believe revelation 13 speaks of a future prophetic event,”All who dwell on the earth will worship him,whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (revelation 13:8 NKJV),some have argued that the interpretation of Nero meeting the fulfillment is an impossibility if revelation was written around 30 years after the death of Nero.^[b][36][37] However,rumors circulated that Nero had not really died and would return to power.^[38]

It has also been suggest that the numerical reference to Nero was a code to imply but not directly identify emperor Domitian ,^[39][40] whose style of rulership resembled that of Nero,who heavily taxed the people of Asia (Lydia),to whom the Book of revelation was primarily addressed.^[41] Thepopular Nero Redivivus legend stating that Nero would return to life can also be noted; “After Nero’s suicide in AD 68,there was a widespread belief,especially in the eastern provinces,that he was not dead and somehow would return.^[42] Suetonius (XL) relates how court astrologers had predicted Nero’s fall but that he would have power in the east.And,indeed,at least three false claimants did present themselves as Nero redivivus (resurrected).^[43]

An Aramaic scroll from Wadi Murabba’at,dated to “the second year of Emperor Nero”,refers to him by his name and title.^[44] In Hebrew it is is isNron Qsr (pronounced “Nerōn Kaisar”).In Latin it is Nro Qsr (pronounced “Nerō Kaisar”).

Nron Qsr

Gematria by Athanasius Kircher,calculating various “names of the beast” (Lageinos,Teitan,Lampetis,Antemos) that sum to 666,and summing Jesus’ name to 888

TheGreek version of the name and title transliterates into Hebrew as נרון קסר,and yields a numerical value of 666,^[44] as show :

Nro Qsr

TheLatin version of the name drops the second nun (נ),so that it appears as Nro and transliterate into Hebrew asנרו קסר,yielding 616:^[22]

Resh (ר)	Samekh (ס)	Qoph (ק)	Vav (ו)	Resh (ר)	nun (נ)	Sum
200	60	100	6	200	50	616

Gematria has also been used with the word Maometis (Ancient Greek: Μαομέτις); whichscholars have described as a dubiously obscure Latinisation of a Greek transliteration of the Arabic name محمد (Muhammad).
A leading proponent of the Maometis interpretation was Walmesley,the Roman Catholic bishop of Rama.^[45] Other proponents include 16–17th-century Catholic theologians Gilbert Genebrard,François Feuardent,and René Massuet.^[46] Maometis is totals in greek numeral total 666 :

Μ	α	ο	μ	ε	τ	ι	ς	Sum
40	1	70	40	5	300	10	200	666

Thom (1923)^[47] rejects “Maometis” as a valid translation,observing that

“of the seven different ways in whichMuhammad’s name is written in Euthymius and [by] the Byzantine historians,not one is the orthography in question”.

None is used of the spelling actually used add up to 666 under greek gematria .^[47]

Setton (1992) is critical of the idea: Muhammad was frequently defamed and made a subject of legends,taught by preachers as fact.^{[48]:   1–5} For example,in order to show that Muhammad was the anti-Christ,it was asserted that Muhammad died not in the year 632 but in the year 666.In another variation on the theme the number “666” was also used to represent the period of time Muslims would hold sway of the land.^{[48]: 4–15} In Quia maior,the encyclical calling for the Fifth Crusade,Euthymius Zygabenus and Zonaras wrote the name as “Maometh” and Cedrenus wrote the name “Mouchoumet” none of whichis the “Maometis” in question.

Fr.Sloet of Holland proposed the title of Antichrist as king of Israel.^[49] He wrote that,”TheJews have ever looked forward to the Messiah as a great leader to restore the kingdom of Israel.They rejected Jesus because He did not fulfill this expectation…He will be king of a restored Israel,not only king,but the king par excellence.In Hebrew this idea could be expressed by the words (hammelek l’Yisrael),which have the requisite numerical value of 666; but in order to obtain this number kaph medial (כ) must be used in melek (king) instead of kaph final (ך‎).”^[50]

In both 1 Kings 10:14 and 2 Chronicles 9:13 it reads: “Theweight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents”.^[51][52] In a 2020 paper by Bodner & Strawn,they seem to indicate that the number 666 is associated with Solomon in his downfall,as it’s “an important notice of this king’s wayward and unjust practices [..] and eschewing of God’s law”.But they also conclude that “the origin of this number is not yet clear”.And: “If Irenaeus was unclear about 666 already in the second century,the twenty-first century can be no more certain.”^[53]

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947),the English ceremonial magician who founded the religion Thelema,self-identified as the Beast prophesied in revelation and used the name Τὸ Μέγα Θηρίον (To Méga Thēríon),Greek for “TheGreat Beast”,which adds up to 666 by isopsephy,the Greek form of gematria.^[54][55]

Putting the mark of χξς’ (666) in peoples’ forehead

revelation also references a charagma (χάραγμα),translated as mark of the beast:

And he causeth all,both small and great,rich and poor,free and bond,to receive a mark in their right hand,or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy orsell,save he that had the mark,or the name of the beast,or the number of his name.

— revelation chapter 13:16–17

TheBook of revelation is commonly dated to about AD 95,as suggested by clues in the visions pointing to the reign of the emperor Domitian.^[56] Irenaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD),a former student of Polycarp,who in turn had been a disciple of John the Apostle,knew that John had written the revelation not that long ago,since he mentions it was written: “almost in our own generation,in the last years of Domitian’s reign”.^[57]

Irenaeus also wrote that it is “more certain,and less hazardous,to await the fulfilment of the prophecy,than to be making surmises” regarding the meaning of the number.In fact,he mentioned multiple other solutions of the number,like Evanthas (ΕΥΑΝΘΑΣ),Teitan (ΤΕΙΤΑΝ) and Lateinos (ΛΑΤΕΙΝΟΣ).On the latter,Irenaeus wrote further: “it is a very probable [solution],this being the name of the last kingdom [of the four seen by Daniel]”.^[57]

Various secular authors and scholars on Christian eschatology have commented the meaning of the mark of the beast.

A common preterist view of the mark of the beast (focusing on the past) is the stamped image of the emperor’s head on every coin of the Roman Empire: the stamp on the hand orin the mind of all,without whichno one could buy orsell.^[58] New Testament scholar C.C.Hill notes,”It is far more probable that the mark symbolizes the all-embracing economic power of Rome,whose very coinage bore the emperor’s image and conveyed his claims to divinity (e.g.,by including the sun’s rays in the ruler’s portrait).It had become increasingly difficult for Christians to function in a world in whichpublic life,including the economic life of the trade guilds,required participation in idolatry.”^[59]

Adela Yarbro Collins further denotes that the refusal to use Roman coins resulted in the condition where “no man might buy orsell”.^[60][61] A similar view is offered by Craig R.Koester.”As sales were made,people used coins that bore the images of Rome’s gods and emperors.Thus each transaction that used such coins was a reminder that people were advancing themselves economically by relying on political powers that did not recognize the true God.”^[62]

In 66 AD,when Nero was emperor—about the time some scholars say revelation was written—the Jews revolted against Rome and coined their own money.

Thepassage is also seen as an antithetical parallelism to the Jewish institution of tefillin—Hebrew Bible texts worn bound to the arm and the forehead during daily prayer.Instead of binding their allegiance to God to their arm and head,the place is instead taken with people’s allegiance to the beast.^[58]

Idealism,also known as the allegorical orsymbolic approach,is an interpretation of the book of revelation that sees the imagery of the book as non-literal symbols.^[63]

Theidealist perspective on the number of the beast rejects gematria,envisioning the number not as a code to be broken,but a symbol to be understood.Idealists would contend that because there are so many names that can come to 666 and that most systems require converting names to other languages oradding titles when convenient,it has been impossible to come to a consensus.

Given that numbers are used figuratively throughout the Book of revelation,idealists interpret this number figuratively as well.Thecommon suggestion is that because seven is a number of “completeness” and is associated with the divine,six is “incomplete”,and the three sixes are “inherently incomplete”.^{[20]:   722} Thenumber is therefore suggestive that the Dragon and his beasts are profoundly deficient.

Historicists believe revelation articulates a full range of the history of the Christian church,from John’s day to the Second Coming of Christ.Theauthor alludes to Daniel 2:28 and 2:45; Daniel’s vision (Daniel 2) uses symbols giving a sequence of future events in history,from the Babylonian empire,through Medo-Persian period,Greece and Rome,continuing until the end of the current civilization.

TheAugsburg confession given to Charles V in its 28th article stated “They likewise cite that the Sabbath has been changed to Sunday contrary to the Ten Commandments,as they see it,and no example is hyped and cited so much as the changing of the Sabbath,and they thereby wish to preserve the great authority of the church,since it has dispensed with the Ten Commandments and altered something in them.”^[64] Rome was identified as the little horn power that changed times and laws (Daniel 7:25).Some Protestants such as the London minister Thomas Tillam and court physician Peter Chamberlen during the reformation began to identify Sunday worship as the Mark of the Beast.^[65][66]

This apocalyptic volume builds on Daniel’s approach focusing on major points of Christian history: the cross of Christ (Rev. 5:6,9,12); the Second Coming (Rev.14:14–16; 19:11–16); the 1,000 years in heaven (Rev. 20:4–6); the third advent of Christ to earth along with his loyal followers and the destruction of Satan and those who refused Christ (Rev. 20:7–15); and the creation of a new heavens and a new earth where death,sorrow,and sin cease and God dwells with His people (Rev. 21:1–8,21:22–27; 22:1–5).TheBook of Daniel is divided into two parts: Thehistorical narrative of the captivity of Judah,and the prophecies pointing to both promised Messiah and the events of the end of the world.Attention to the text of revelation aids the student of Bible prophecy by showing how the Apostle John and Jesus intended us to interpret Bible apocalyptic literature as found in Daniel.^[67]

Seventh-day Adventists taking this view believe that the ‘mark of the beast’ (but not the number 666) refers to a future,universal,legally enforced Sunday-sacredness.”Those who reject God’s memorial of creatorship—the Bible Sabbath—choosing to worship and honor Sunday in the full knowledge that it is not God’s appointed day of worship,will receive the ‘mark of the beast’.”^[68] “TheSunday Sabbath is purely a child of the Papacy.It is the mark of the beast.”^[69] In the encyclical Dies Domini,Pope John Paul II stated that “TheSunday assembly is the privileged place of unity: it is the setting for the celebration of the sacramentum unitatis whichprofoundly marks the Church” and this was also repeated in other catechisms and documents.^[70][71][72] Adventists note the old testament definition of a hand and forehead mark in texts like Exodus 13:9,Exodus 31:13-17,Ezekiel 20:12 provide important understanding of terms in revelation’s figurative language.

Some fundamentalist Christian groups,as well as various Christian writers in other traditions,interpret the mark as a requirement for all commerce to mean that the mark might actually be an object in the right hand orforehead with the function of a credit card,such as RFID microchip implants.^[73] Some of these groups believe the implantation of chips may be the imprinting of the mark of the beast,prophesied to be a requirement for all trade and a precursor to God’s wrath.^[74][75] similar objection were raise about barcode upon their introduction .^[76]

During the COVID-19 pandemic,some groups associated COVID-19 vaccines and mask wearing with the mark of the beast,or that it was a microchip in the vaccine.^[77] Some religious leaders spoke out against this as a misinterpretation of revelation 13:16-18.^[78] Medical institutions such as Hennepin County Medical Center noted this in their fact sheets about the vaccine.^[79] A similar version was spread by Marjorie Taylor Greene,who referred to vaccine passports as being the mark of the beast.^[80]

Numerical significance

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In the writings of the Baháʼí Faith,’Abdu’l-Bahá states that the numerical value given to the beast referred to the year^[81] when the Umayyad ruler Muawiyah I took office as Caliph in 661 AD.He opposed the Imamate,according to the beliefs of Shia Islam,who continued to pay the tax required of nonbelievers and were excluded from government and the military,and thus bore a social “mark”.^[82] ( See also the scholarly accept year of birth of Jesus about 666 year before as well as the concept of Mawali who were non – arab Muslims but not treat as other Muslims .)

Jehovah ‘s witness

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Jehovah ‘s witness believe that the beast identified by the number 666 represents the world’s unified governments in opposition to God.Thebeast is said to have “a human number” in that the represented governments are of a human origin rather than spirit entities.Thenumber 666 is said to identify “gross shortcoming and failure in the eyes of Jehovah”,in contrast to the number 7,which is seen as symbolizing perfection.^[83]

Fear and superstition

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Thefear of 666 (six hundred sixty-six) as the number of the beast is called hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia ^ⓘ.^[84][85] variant phobia are callhexakosioihekkaidekaphobia,which is the fear of 616 (six hundred sixteen),and hexaphobia,which is the fear of 6 (six).Known cases of these fears include:

• In 1989,Nancy and Ronald Reagan,when moving to their home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles after the latter left presidency of the United States that same year,had its address—666 St.Cloud Road—changed to 668 St.Cloud Road.^[86][87]
• In 2003,U.S.Route 666 in New Mexico was changed to U.S.Route 491.A New Mexico spokesperson stated,”Thedevil’s out of here,and we say goodbye and good riddance.”^[88]
• Some women expressed concern about giving birth on June 6,2006 (6/6/06).^[89]
• In November 2013,Codie Thacker—a cross-country runner at Whitley County High School in Williamsburg,Kentucky—refused to run in her Kentucky High School Athletic Association regional meet,forfeiting a chance at qualifying for the state championships,when her coach drew bib number 666.^[90]
• In 2015,US Representative Joe Barton had the number of a legislative bill he had introduced changed from 666 to 702 because “the original bill number carried many different negative connotations”,according to a spokesperson.^[91]
• In 2017,church leaders in Papua New Guinea were concerned by newspaper reports that the Governor-General had been requested to sign 666 writs for an upcoming election.They were reassured by the Electoral Commissioner that the number merely reflected 6 copies of each writ for 111 electorates.^[92]
• In October 2017,flight AY666 from Copenhagen to Helsinki (HEL) departed for the last time before being renamed to AY954.Since 2006,the flight had been scheduled on a Friday the 13th on 21 occasions.A Finnair spokesperson said that the number had not been renamed due to superstitious passengers.^[93]
• In 2021,Brookfield Properties decided to renumber 666 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan,which it had just acquired and planned to spend $400 million renovating,to 660 Fifth Avenue.^[94]
• In 2023,PKS Gdynia,a Polish bus operator,decided to renumber line 666,which runs to Hel,Poland,a town on the Hel Peninsula,to 669.^[95]

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