[B-Greek] Revelation 13:18

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Jul 5 17:30:08 EDT 2004


On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:47:43 -0400 Ron Snider <ronpt at comcast.net> writes:
> This question concerns the explanatory clause ARIQMOS GAR ANQRWPOU 
> ESTIN, in which both nouns are anarthrous.  John has used the term 
> "number" three times in this verse and the two others have teh 
> definite 
> article.  How would this best be understood grammatically, and I 
> have 
> read the comments of Wallace in GGBTB.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ron Snider
> 
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hWDE hH SOFIA ESTIN, hO EXWN NOUN YHFISATW TON ARIQMON TOU QHRIOU,
ARIQMOS GAR ANQRWPOU ESTIN, KAI hO ARIQMOS AUTOU hECAKOSIOI hECHKONTA
hEC.

I would translate it in a very straightforward manner:

Here is wisdom:  Let him who has understanding calculate the number of
the Beast.  It is the number of Man, and his number is six-hundred
sixty-six.

george
gfsomsel



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