Number of the beast
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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 translations of the Bible,
The Number of the Beast Is 666 by William Blake, 1805
Fragment from Papyrus 115 (P115) of Revelation in the 66th vol. of the Oxyrhynchus series (P. Oxy. 4499). Has the number of the beast as χιϛ, 616.
Bust of Nero at Musei Capitolini, Rome
Gematria by Athanasius Kircher, calculating various "names of the beast" (Lageinos, Teitan, Lampetis, Antemos) that sum to 666, and summing Jesus' name to 888
Gematria
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In numerology, gematria is the practice of assigning a numerical value to a name, word, or phrase by reading it as a number, or sometimes by using an alphanumeric cipher. The letters of the alphabets
Number of the beast
…Novum Testamentum Graece, note χιϛ/616 as a variant. There is a broad consensus in contemporary scholarship that the number of the beast is linked by gematria to the typology of Roman Emperor Nero, an infamous persecutor of Christians. The number of the beast is described in Revelation 13:15–18. Several…
The Agrippa Cipher, pg. 143 of De Occulta Philosophia 1533