[B-Greek] Rev 13:18
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Jul 6 19:59:39 EDT 2004
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:45:02 -0500 "Daniel Gleason"
<info at revelationjesuschrist.com> writes:
> Arie Dirkzwager wrote: It is possible that I missed a message or
> deleted it
> too soon. But I did not find the explanation that ARIQMOS is
> anarthrous here
> because normally the predicate does not have the article. So we can
> translate "It is a number" and "It is the number". The second
> translation
> seems the right one, because the word number had been mentioned
> before.
>
> The word number is mentioned three times in this verse. The first
> and third
> time with the definite article, the second time without. I disagree
> that the
> second instance should be translated as "it is the number" and this
> is my
> reasoning:
>
> First, the verse has to be seen as a riddle. I think we can all
> agree on
> that. The word beast is used as a pejorative label for the man in
> question.
> The beast has no name. The word beast is simply an insult word. It's
> like
> someone calling Hitler a dog. The author gives us the number 666 at
> the end
> of the riddle but he clearly says in the middle of the verse that
> this
> number is "a-number of-a-man." I interpret this to mean that the
> number 666
> is part of the man's number. Therefore, his number must be greater
> than 666.
> Remember, the riddle says the man's number has to be counted
> (calculated).
> In my earlier post I said this was a tricky verse. There is a lot of
> word
> play going on here. I just don't see how people can read this verse
> and not
> even consider that the man's number is not 666. People have been
> beating
> this dead horse for over 1900 years now. It's like looking for WMD
> in Iraq.
> Open your minds and start looking at some alternate theories.
>
> Now lets look at the first clause "Here is the Wisdom." What does
> that mean?
> Folks, I'm going to make an educated guess here. It is my contention
> that
> "Here" means verse 13:18. It is also my contention that "the wisdom"
> means
> "the number of the man" ... the thing that needs to be counted.
>
> Here is my suggestion. Convert the Greek letters of the verse to
> numbers and
> start counting. Come on, anyone that passed 3rd grade can do this.
> If you
> start seeking you just might find an answer that pops out at you.
>
> Daniel Gleason
>
__________
Surely you jest. Verse numbers !!! I would remind you that the
versification was only done much later.
george
gfsomsel
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