Number of the beast

The Number of the Beast Is 666 by William Blake

The number of the beast, is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translation a of the Bible, the number of the beast is six hundred sixty-six or χξ (in Greek numerals, χ represents 600, ξ represents 60.

Quotes

• καὶ ποιεῖ πάντας, τοὺς μικροὺς καὶ τοὺς μεγάλους, καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους καὶ τοὺς πτωχούς, καὶ τοὺς ἐλευθέρους καὶ τοὺς δούλους, ἵνα δῶσιν αὐτοῖς χάραγμα ἐπὶ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν τῆς δεξιᾶς ἢ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῶν,

  καὶ ἵνα μή τις δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα, τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.

  • And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark (χάραγμα) in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

    And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

  • Book of Revelation, 13:16–17

• The juxtaposition of buying and selling with the mark of the beast refers to the fact that Roman coins normally bore the image and name of the current emperor. The inability to buy or sell would then be the result of the refusal to use Roman coins. Such a refusal is analogous to the Zealot refusal to carry, look at, or manufacture coins bearing any sort of [graven] image.
  • Adela Yarbro Collins, Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse (1984)

• George Read thought the words [allowing the Federal government to “emit bills of credit” i.e., print paper money], if not struck out [of the Constitution] would be as alarming as the mark of the beast in Revelation.
  • James Madison, Debates (1787)

• Robert: The three 6s.
  Monk: 6 is the sign of the devil.
  Jennings: But why three 6s?
  Monk: We think it means the diabolical trinity: the Devil, the Antichrist and the false prophet.
  Jennings: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  Monk: For every holy thing there is an unholy one, that is the essence of temptation.
  • The Omen, 1976

See also

• Star of David
• Pentagram
• Golden ratio

External links

Authority control: WorldCat search