The text of Codex Ephraemi has been characterized as a "weaker brother" to the Alexandrian text exemplified by [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]]. In Revelation 13:18, Ephraemi gives the number of the beast as 616. The more familiar 666 is from [[Codex Alexandrinus]], considered the best manuscript source for Revelation.<ref>Mounce, Dr. Bill, "[https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/codex-ephraemi-rescriptus Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus]," ''Biblical Training''.</ref> | The text of Codex Ephraemi has been characterized as a "weaker brother" to the Alexandrian text exemplified by [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]]. In Revelation 13:18, Ephraemi gives the number of the beast as 616. The more familiar 666 is from [[Codex Alexandrinus]], considered the best manuscript source for Revelation.<ref>Mounce, Dr. Bill, "[https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/codex-ephraemi-rescriptus Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus]," ''Biblical Training''.</ref> |