| | |Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. | | |Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. |
| | |Here is a matter for insight. Anyone who can understand, can calculate the number of the ravener. It is a man's number, and that number is 666. | | |Here is a matter for insight. Anyone who can understand, can calculate the number of the ravener. It is a man's number, and that number is 666. |
| − | |Literally, '''χξς''', or the letters chi, xi, and stigma, which is how a Greek would write the number 666. | + | |Literally, '''χξς''', or the letters chi, xi, and stigma, which is how a Greek would write the number 666. It might also be a Greek letterword for the words ''Khristos'', ''xulon'', and ''stavros''—Christ, wood, cross. That, of course, points to the true role of this false prophet: he pretends to be Christ, even to enacting a travesty of the Crucifixion. |