How many times is this thing going to be sent already??????? This is the 4th time it has found its way to my inbox......arggggghhhhhh Lynn Trapp :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Costa [mailto:tmcos@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:51 PM > To: Biblical Greek > Subject: [b-greek] Rev 13:18 Mark of the Beast > > > Dear Friends, > > I just had a quick question regarding the "mark of the > beast" in Rev > 13:18. I understand that Greek (and Hebrew) do not contain > numbers, and thus > the Greeks had to apply numerical value to the letters of the > alphabet. Such > of course is the case with Rev 13:18. I noted some MSS > actually spell out > the numbers that add up to 666, while others just abbreviate > the number 666. > Commentaries usually argue that this was the name of Nero or > another Roman > Emperor. MS C has the number 616, which would indicate that > the scribe > wanted to have this number add up to the Emperor Gaius (I > believe this is > the correct name), but Irenaeus who knew of this variant in > the second > century disputed it and maintained the number 666 to be > original. It is also > believed that the original autographa of Rev 13:18 may have > contained an > actual name of a Roman Emperor (Nero?)whose name added up to 666. Any > comments on this would be appreciated. Many thanks. > > > Tony Costa <>< > ______________________________________________________________ > _______________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com > > > --- > B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek > You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [rltrapp@bluebunny.com] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu > To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu > > --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu