George,
Thanks for drawing our attention to this matter. I think you would
agree, however, that 666 is the translators' preferred choice.
Certainly, from a purely numerical standpoint, the alternatives are of
no great interest; again, unlike 666, they have no obvious links with
the phenomena outlined in my page "666 - and All That!"
http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/sixes.htm
Regards,
Vernon
george murphy wrote:
>
> Vernon Jenkins wrote:
>
> > David,
> >
> > Your posting suggests to me that you have, perhaps, not given the Book
> > of Revelation the attention it deserves. Its contents represent a direct
> > communication from the Lord (1:1), and 22:18 further makes it clear that
> > one would be most unwise to treat it lightly. I therefore take it that
> > 13:18's offer of wisdom is seriously meant; further, I perceive that 666
> > is an interesting number, per se. Thus, a simple consideration of these
> > matters should generate the incentive to lead the inquiring mind further
> > - not necessarily to determine the identity of the beast, however, but
> > rather to uncover remarkable numerical coincidences by the process of
> > reading Scripture's Hebrew and Greek words as numbers.
> >
> > Clearly, those who continue to claim (without proof!) that structures of
> > equal interest may be found in any text, have just not understood* the
> > strength of the evidence.
>
> It should be noted that there is some textual evidence for the number
> in this verse being 616 or 646 rather than 666.
>
> Shalom,
>
> George
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