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Many names and titles total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Neron Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not (''it totals'' 1723)<ref>VICARIUS — V upsilon Υ = 400 — I iota Ι = 10 — C kappa Κ = 20 — A alpha Α = 1 — R rho Ρ = 100 — I iota Ι = 10 — U upsilon Υ = 400 — S sigma Σ = 200: = 1141 <br> FILII — F phi/fee Φ = 500 — I iota Ι = 10 — L lambda Λ = 30 — I iota Ι = 10 — I iota Ι = 10: = 560 <br> DEI — D delta Δ = 4 — E eta Η = 8 — I iota Ι = 10: = 22 <br> 1141 + 560 + 22 = 1723 </ref>.  

Many names and titles total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Neron Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not (''it totals'' 1723)<ref>VICARIUS — V upsilon Υ = 400 — I iota Ι = 10 — C kappa Κ = 20 — A alpha Α = 1 — R rho Ρ = 100 — I iota Ι = 10 — U upsilon Υ = 400 — S sigma Σ = 200: = 1141 <br> FILII — F phi/fee Φ = 500 — I iota Ι = 10 — L lambda Λ = 30 — I iota Ι = 10 — I iota Ι = 10: = 560 <br> DEI — D delta Δ = 4 — E eta Η = 8 — I iota Ι = 10: = 22 <br> 1141 + 560 + 22 = 1723 </ref>.  

:“This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss, "The Secret of the Number 666"]  

:“This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss, "The Secret of the Number 666"]  

This raises the question of which (''if any!'') of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. And since according to the text of the Bible it is '''a''' man, '''one''' man, a particular individual, it cannot be an organization or institution represented or headed by a multiplicity of men, or an indefinite succession of men.  

This raises the question of which (''if any!'') of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. And since according to the text of the Bible it is '''a''' man, '''one''' man, a particular individual, it cannot be an organization or institution represented or headed by a multiplicity of men, or an indefinite succession of men. (See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/revelation/13-18.htm multiple versions of Revelation 13:18] and [http://www.biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-18.htm interlinear text of Revelation 13:18].)

However, the Revised Standard Version reads Revelation 13:18 as "...it is a human number, '''''its''''' number is six hundred and sixty-six." The Greek grammar of the chapter allows such a reading. (See [http://www.biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-18.htm interlinear text of Revelation 13:18] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/revelation/13-18.htm multiple versions of Revelation 13:18].)

However, the Revised Standard Version reads Revelation 13:18 as "...it is a human number, '''''its''''' number is six hundred and sixty-six." The Greek grammar of the chapter allows such a reading.  

 

<br> Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/2-18.htm commentaries on 1 John 2:18], [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm 2 Thessalonians 2:3] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm Revelation 13:18].

Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/2-18.htm commentaries on 1 John 2:18], [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm 2 Thessalonians 2:3] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm Revelation 13:18].

== See also ==

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