I'm not a Christian, and if I were I wouldn't be reading Revelation literally. I read that a recent Greek text may have indicated that the mark of the beast was actually 616. However, it's kind of hard to make a correction when the popular culture and religious community has 666 secured in their minds. So which is it?
2007-01-16 11:12:15 · 6 answers · asked by I'll Take That One! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
666 the number of the beast, hell and fire was spawned to be released......
2007-01-16 11:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by Dink 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
666- It's Nero's numerical values in Hebrew letters. It was a political thing and not an actual vision of the future.
2007-01-16 19:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by Wisdom Lies in the Heart 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of the current translators accept the reading 666 - but what is that to you?
2007-01-16 19:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
600, three score and six
1 score is 20. 3 score is 60, thus 600+60+6
Greek says :
hexakosioi hexekonta hex which is also 600 60 6
2007-01-16 19:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sirius 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are sever thousand manuscripts of the New Testament, one isn't going to make any difference.
2007-01-16 19:17:29 · answer #5 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no such thing as a mark of the beast, devil number, or evil number. i am a christain but i dont belive in such things.
2007-01-16 19:16:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋