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The reference that "the number of the beast" is the same as "the number of a person" leads to many interpretations, because the Greek or Hebrew letters also functioned as numbers, so it was possible to "add up the numerical value of a word"—a practice known as
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He causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one may buy or sell, except he who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his
458:(because 36 is the sum of all numbers up to 8) and the eighth such number (in the series of 1, 6, 21, 55, 120, 231, 406, 666). Nero is also revealed to be "the eighth" in power. At least one manuscript reads 616.
414:). The reference to "buying and selling" may reflect the fact that 'it was particularly in order to participate in the business life of the cities that Christians were tempted to compromise with idolatry'.
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Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
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Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
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The dominant violent characteristic of the beast is modelled on the vision of four beasts in the Book of Daniel, representing four great world empires (
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Elliott, J. K. "Revelations from the apparatus criticus of the Book of
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The mark of the beast seems to be 'a parody of God's seal of ownership on the foreheads of faithful
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Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man:
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This is the second beast, which also called the "false prophet" (
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The explanation of the
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132:The original text was written in
105:or the Apocalypse of John in the
101:is the thirteenth chapter of the
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140:18 verses.
134:Koine Greek
1674:Categories
1634:Greek Text
1583:Papyrus 18
1555:Authorship
1483:Son of Man
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73:Apocalypse
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30:chapter 12
1534:Preterist
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1233:Euphrates
488:The Beast
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111:Christian
1529:Idealist
1519:Futurist
1503:Wormwood
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1362:Manasseh
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260:estathē
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1273:Sodom
1223:Egypt
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