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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