Rev 13:18 Mark of the Beast

Lynn Trapp rltrapp at bluebunny.com
Thu Nov 30 16:22:23 EST 2000


How many times is this thing going to be sent already??????? This is the 4th
time it has found its way to my inbox......arggggghhhhhh

Lynn Trapp :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Costa [mailto:tmcos at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:51 PM
> To: Biblical Greek
> Subject: [b-greek] Rev 13:18 Mark of the Beast
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
>   I just had a quick question regarding the "mark of the 
> beast" in Rev 
> 13:18. I understand that Greek (and Hebrew) do not contain 
> numbers, and thus 
> the Greeks had to apply numerical value to the letters of the 
> alphabet. Such 
> of course is the case with Rev 13:18. I noted some MSS 
> actually spell out 
> the numbers that add up to 666, while others just abbreviate 
> the number 666. 
> Commentaries usually argue that this was the name of Nero or 
> another Roman 
> Emperor. MS C has the number 616, which would indicate that 
> the scribe 
> wanted to have this number add up to the Emperor Gaius (I 
> believe this is 
> the correct name), but Irenaeus who knew of this variant in 
> the second 
> century disputed it and maintained the number 666 to be 
> original. It is also 
> believed that the original autographa of Rev 13:18 may have 
> contained an 
> actual name of a Roman Emperor (Nero?)whose name added up to 666. Any 
> comments on this would be appreciated. Many thanks.
> 
> 
>                                               Tony Costa <><
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