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Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666. <a href="/nlt/revelation/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666. <a href="/esv/revelation/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. <a href="/bsb/revelation/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666. <a href="/blb/revelation/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Here is the wisdom. The one having understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is a man's number, and its number is six hundred sixty-six. <a href="/kjv/revelation/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/nasb/revelation/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/lsb/revelation/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of man; and his number is 666. <a href="/amp/revelation/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Here is wisdom. Let the person who has enough insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the [imperfect] number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/csb/revelation/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Here is wisdom: The one who has understanding must calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a man. His number is 666. <a href="/asv/revelation/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six. <a href="/cev/revelation/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You need wisdom to understand the number of the beast! But if you are smart enough, you can figure this out. Its number is 666, and it stands for a person. <a href="/erv/revelation/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six. <a href="/gwt/revelation/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In this situation wisdom is needed. Let the person who has insight figure out the number of the beast, because it is a human number. The beast's number is 666. <a href="/gnt/revelation/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> This calls for wisdom. Whoever is intelligent can figure out the meaning of the number of the beast, because the number stands for the name of someone. Its number is 666. <a href="/isv/revelation/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding calculate the total number of the beast, because it is a human total number, and the sum of the number is 666. <a href="/msb/revelation/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666. <a href="/net/revelation/13.htm">NET Bible</a> This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the beast's number, for it is man's number, and his number is 666. <a href="/nheb/revelation/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six. <a href="/wbt/revelation/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 and sixty six. <a href="/wey/revelation/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Here is scope for ingenuity. Let people of shrewd intelligence calculate the number of the Wild Beast; for it indicates a certain man, and his number is 666. <a href="/web/revelation/13.htm">World English Bible</a> Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and its number: six hundred sixty-six. <a href="/blb/revelation/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Here is the wisdom. The one having understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is a man's number, and its number is six hundred sixty-six. <a href="/ylt/revelation/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number is six hundred and sixty six. <a href="/slt/revelation/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Here is wisdom. Let him having intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number Six hundred and sixty-six.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Here is wisdom. Whoever has intelligence, let him determine the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/nabre/revelation/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Wisdom is needed here; one who understands can calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number that stands for a person. His number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number is six hundred sixty-six.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding decipher the code number of the beast: for it is the code number of the name of a man; and his number is six hundred sixty-six (Nero Caesar). <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Here is wisdom, and whoever has a mind in him, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man - 666.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding, count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/godbey/revelation/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Here is wisdom. Let the one having understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man. And his is, Six hundred and sixty-six. <a href="/haweis/revelation/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding calculate the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred sixty-six.<CM> <a href="/mace/revelation/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> 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 sixty six. <a href="/wey/revelation/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Here is scope for ingenuity. Let people of shrewd intelligence calculate the number of the Wild Beast; for it indicates a certain man, and his number is 666. <a href="/worrell/revelation/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Here is wisdom. He that has understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is a number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty six. <a href="/worsley/revelation/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Here is wisdom required; and let him, that hath understanding, compute the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred sixty six. <a href="/parallel/revelation/13-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=2754" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/13.htm">The Mark of the Beast</a> …17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18<a href="/greek/5602.htm" title="5602: Hōde (Adv) -- From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither.">Here</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is a call for</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4678.htm" title="4678: sophia (N-NFS) -- Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom.">wisdom:</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">Let the one who</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">has</a> <a href="/greek/3563.htm" title="3563: noun (N-AMS) -- Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning.">insight</a> <a href="/greek/5585.htm" title="5585: psēphisatō (V-AMA-3S) -- To reckon, compute, calculate. From psephos; to use pebbles in enumeration, i.e. to compute.">calculate</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/706.htm" title="706: arithmon (N-AMS) -- A number, total. From airo; a number.">number</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2342.htm" title="2342: thēriou (N-GNS) -- Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.">beast,</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">for</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">it is</a> <a href="/greek/706.htm" title="706: arithmos (N-NMS) -- A number, total. From airo; a number.">the number</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpou (N-GMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of a man,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GN3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/706.htm" title="706: arithmos (N-NMS) -- A number, total. From airo; a number.">number is</a> <a href="/greek/1812.htm" title="1812: hexakosioi (Adj-NMP) -- Six hundred. Plural ordinal from hex and hekaton; six hundred.">666</a> <a href="/greek/1835.htm" title="1835: hexēkonta (Adj-NMP) -- Sixty. The tenth multiple of hex; sixty."></a> <a href="/greek/1803.htm" title="1803: hex (Adj-NMP) -- Six. A primary numeral; six."></a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/daniel/7-25.htm">Daniel 7:25</a> He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time. <a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10</a> Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand. <a href="/1_john/2-18.htm">1 John 2:18</a> Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3-4</a> Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. / He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:9-10</a> The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/1_john/4-3.htm">1 John 4:3</a> and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. <a href="/1_john/2-22.htm">1 John 2:22</a> Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. <a href="/daniel/8-23.htm">Daniel 8:23</a> In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne. <a href="/daniel/11-36.htm">Daniel 11:36-37</a> Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished. / He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all. <a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm">1 Kings 10:14</a> The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, <a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm">1 Kings 10:18-20</a> Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. / The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. / Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom. <a href="/1_kings/10-23.htm">1 Kings 10:23</a> So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. <a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">1 Kings 10:26</a> Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm">1 Kings 10:28-29</a> Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. / A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six.Here.<a href="/revelation/1-3.htm">Revelation 1:3</a> Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.<a href="/revelation/17-9.htm">Revelation 17:9</a> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.<a href="/psalms/107-43.htm">Psalm 107:43</a> Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.count.<a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2</a> And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.the number.<a href="/revelation/21-17.htm">Revelation 21:17</a> And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.<a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a> For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.<a href="/romans/3-5.htm">Romans 3:5</a> But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/13-17.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/luke/14-28.htm">Calculate</a> <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Count</a> <a href="/revelation/13-13.htm">Human</a> <a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-27.htm">Indicates</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-7.htm">Insight</a> <a href="/philippians/1-9.htm">Intelligence</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-20.htm">Scope</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-10.htm">Shrewd</a> <a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Six</a> <a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/ezra/2-13.htm">Sixty-Six</a> <a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/1_john/5-20.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/revelation/13-17.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/revelation/7-12.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/14-9.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Calculate</a> <a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Count</a> <a href="/revelation/18-13.htm">Human</a> <a href="/revelation/14-1.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-8.htm">Indicates</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">Insight</a> <a href="/exodus/31-3.htm">Intelligence</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/revelation/17-9.htm">Scope</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm">Shrewd</a> <a href="/revelation/14-20.htm">Six</a> <a href="/genesis/5-15.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Sixty-Six</a> <a href="/genesis/25-7.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/exodus/31-3.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/revelation/14-9.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/revelation/17-9.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 13</div>1. <a href="/revelation/13-1.htm">A beast rises out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns, to whom the dragon gives his power.</a> 11. <a href="/revelation/13-11.htm">Another beast comes out of the earth,</a> 14. <a href="/revelation/13-14.htm">causes an image to be made of the former beast,</a> 15. <a href="/revelation/13-15.htm">and that men should worship it,</a> 16. <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">and receive his mark.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Here is a call for wisdom: This phrase emphasizes the need for discernment and understanding, suggesting that the message is not straightforward and requires spiritual insight. Wisdom in the biblical context often refers to the ability to see things from God's perspective, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>, where the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The call for wisdom here indicates that the following message is complex and requires careful consideration.Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast: The term "insight" implies a deeper understanding or revelation, often associated with those who are spiritually mature. The act of calculating suggests that the number is not immediately obvious and requires effort to discern. This mirrors the use of numbers in apocalyptic literature, where they often have symbolic meanings. The beast is a central figure in Revelation, representing opposition to God and His people, and is often associated with oppressive political powers.for it is the number of a man: This phrase indicates that the number has a human connection, possibly referring to a specific individual or humanity in general. In biblical numerology, the number six is often associated with imperfection or incompleteness, as man was created on the sixth day and falls short of the divine perfection symbolized by the number seven. This suggests that the beast's number reflects human imperfection or rebellion against God.and that number is 666: The number 666 has been the subject of much speculation and interpretation. In the historical context, some scholars suggest it could be a reference to Nero Caesar, using gematria, a Jewish form of numerology where letters have numerical values. The repetition of the number six emphasizes imperfection and the ultimate failure of the beast's power. In contrast to the divine completeness of the number seven, 666 symbolizes the ultimate human and satanic imperfection. This number serves as a counterfeit to the divine, highlighting the beast's attempt to usurp God's authority.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_beast.htm">The Beast</a> A symbolic figure representing a powerful, evil entity or system that opposes God and His people. In the context of Revelation, the beast is often associated with oppressive governments or leaders who demand worship and allegiance contrary to God's will. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_apostle_john.htm">The Apostle John</a> The author of the Book of Revelation, who received visions from God while exiled on the island of Patmos. He conveys these visions to the early Christian churches to encourage and warn them. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_number_666.htm">The Number 666</a> A symbolic number representing imperfection and the ultimate human rebellion against God. In biblical numerology, the number six often falls short of the divine perfection symbolized by the number seven. 4. <a href="/topical/w/wisdom_and_insight.htm">Wisdom and Insight</a> Qualities encouraged in believers to discern the meaning and implications of the visions and symbols in Revelation. This wisdom is not merely intellectual but spiritual, requiring a deep understanding of God's Word and His purposes. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_early_christian_churches.htm">The Early Christian Churches</a> The initial audience of the Book of Revelation, facing persecution and challenges to their faith. The message of Revelation, including the warning about the beast, was meant to prepare and strengthen them.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_for_wisdom.htm">The Call for Wisdom</a> Believers are encouraged to seek spiritual wisdom and discernment to understand the times and remain faithful amidst deception. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_symbolism.htm">Understanding Symbolism</a> The number 666 symbolizes human imperfection and rebellion. Christians should be aware of the spiritual significance behind numbers and symbols in Scripture. <a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_deception.htm">Vigilance Against Deception</a> The beast represents forces that lead people away from God. Christians must be vigilant and grounded in Scripture to resist such influences. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_persecution.htm">Faithfulness in Persecution</a> The early church faced persecution, and the message of Revelation encourages steadfastness in faith despite trials. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a> Despite the power of the beast, Revelation assures believers of God's ultimate victory and the establishment of His kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 13</a> <a href="/q/does_'666'_in_revelation_refer_to_history.htm">What assurances exist that the cryptic figure “666” (Revelation 13:18) points to a real historical person or event, given variations in ancient manuscripts?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_gematria_mean.htm">What does gematria mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_number_666_symbolize.htm">What does the number 666 symbolize?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_live_by_god's_commandments.htm">What does the number 666 symbolize?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Here is wisdom . . .--Translate, Hither is wisdom. This most difficult verse is introduced by this word of preface. Wisdom--indeed, the highest wisdom--is needed for those who would understand it. Two or three points ought to be noticed. (1) The verse surely implies that the understanding of this name and number is attainable; it warns us that wisdom and understanding are needed, but it as certainly leads us to believe that to wisdom and understanding a solution of the problem will be granted. (2) There is a variation in the MSS. respecting the number. Some MSS. read six hundred and sixteen; but the probability is in favour of the reading six hundred and sixty-six. In an excursus (Excursus B) will be found a short account of the various interpretations which have been given. (3) The clause "It is the number of a man," has been rendered "For number is of man." The number, then, is the combination of three sixes; there is a wisdom and understanding which may grasp its import, and that import is to be guided by the principle that it is the number of a man, or that number is of man--is, that is to say, a method of computation which is used by man, and used by God in order to symbolise something made thus more intelligible to man. Is the wisdom which is to solve this, then, the mere cleverness which can guess an acrostic or an enigma? or is it rather that the true heavenly wisdom, which is moral rather than intellectual, is needed to unite itself with understanding to solve the problem? Surely the dignity of the Apocalypse is sacrificed when we search for its meaning like children playing with conundrums rather than like men being guided by its principles. There is a wisdom which brings its sevenfold beam of heavenly light to the children of men--a wisdom pure, peaceable, gentle, full of mercy, without partiality, without hypocrisy--and when this wisdom rests on men in the fulness of its seven-fold perfection they may read the number of the beast, and see that, with all its vaunted strength, it is but weak; with all its vaunted perfection, it is imperfect; that though it vaunts itself as rich, increased in goods and needing nothing, it still lacks that "one needful thing"--faith in God, or the love by which faith works. Without this it will never attain even the appearance of that perfect heavenly number symbolised by seven; it may multiply itself in earthly strength--the power of worldliness into the power of worldly wisdom, and this again by the power of a hundred-fold satanic subtlety--but it will remain still short of the tokens of the kingdom of God; and the number when read will be, however godlike it looks, but the number of a man after all.I am disposed, therefore, to interpret this "six hundred and sixty-six" as a symbolical number, expressing all that it is possible for human wisdom, and human power, when directed by an evil spirit, to achieve, and indicating a state of marvellous earthly perfection, when the beast-power has reached its highest development, when culture, civilisation, art, song, science and reason have combined to produce an age so nearly resembling perfection--an age of gold, if not a golden age--that men will begin to say that faith in God is an impertinence, and the hope of a future life a libel upon the happiness of the present. Then will the world-power have reached the zenith of his influence; then will only a wisdom descended from above be able to detect the infinite difference between a world with faith and a world without faith, and the great gulf which the want of a little heaven-born love can fix between an age and an age.At the same time, I feel bound to place here, as well as in the Excursus, two other views--one because it has recently been advanced with conspicuous ability; the other because it is perhaps the most generally adopted, as it is certainly the most ancient, view. Both these interpretations are based upon the theory that the letters of the name, when added together, according to their numerical value, will make up six hundred and sixty-six. The first of these alluded to finds the word in Nero Caesar. The second, and more ancient, finds it in Lateinos: this last was mentioned by Irenaeus. It will be seen that both these solutions are at one in making the number point to the great Roman Power; and this was the great embodiment of the terrible spirit of self-sufficiency, tyranny, and utter godless worldliness with which St. John was familiar. These interpretations are interpretations in example, and as such probably true; but they are only types, as it seems to me, of that fuller and deeper view which takes the number as symbolical of that power which, whether directed by Nero, or inspired by Emperor or Pope, or false teacher, or military tyrant, has dazzled mankind by a fictitious glory, a fictitious civilisation, and a fictitious religion, or deceived them by holding out the promise of splendour and happiness without the knowledge and obedience of God, without law, without faith, and therefore without true joy. (Comp. Note of the "Three Frogs," <a href="/context/revelation/16-13.htm" title="And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.">Revelation 16:13-14</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Here is wisdom, Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man. The last clause has no article, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστί. Compare the expression, "Here is the patience," etc. in ver. 10, where it relates to what precedes. Here it evidently refers to what follows. The form of expression is frequent in St. John's writings (cf. <a href="/1_john/2-6.htm">1 John 2:6</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-16.htm">1 John 3:16, 19</a>; <a href="/1_john/4-10.htm">1 John 4:10</a>, etc.). The plain meaning seems to be that men may display their wisdom and understanding in discovering the meaning of the number of the beast. But the interpretation which Auberlen gives may be correct; viz. that as the first beast is met and vanquished by patience and faith, so this second beast is to be met by wisdom. This agrees with our interpretation of this second beast as symbolizing self deceit. St. John evidently intends that the meaning of the number should be known: "Let him that hath understanding count the number;" that is, "Let him that hath understanding discern in what sense the symbol is used." It is the "number of man;" that is, it describes symbolically something which is peculiarly a characteristic of mankind. Some writers have understood the words to mean, "the number refers to an individual man;" but the absence of the article militates against this view. Others explain, "It is a number which is to be reckoned according to man's mode of reckoning," just as in <a href="/revelation/21-17.htm">Revelation 21:17</a>, "a measure of a man." If this be the meaning, it leaves open the question as to what St. John meant by "the usual mode of man's reckoning." His own use of numerals throughout the Apocalypse is, as we have repeatedly seen, symbolical of general qualities, and does not indicate either individuals or exact numbers. We are justified, therefore, according to this view, in interpreting the number symbolically (vide supra). And his number is Six hundred three score and six. The Revised Version is better, Six hundred and sixty and six; it preserves the similarity of form which is found in the Greek words, ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ, as found in A. In א we have ἑξακόσιαι, etc.; in P, Andreas, ἑξακόσια. The shortened form χξς' is found in B and most cursives. C, 11, and some manuscripts known to Irenaeus and Tichonius differ by reading ἑξακόσιαι δέκα ἕξ, "six hundred and sixteen," but this is probably incorrect. Commentators have universally attempted to discover the name denoted by this number, by attaching to each letter of the name (generally the Greek letters) its numerical value, the total of which should equal the number 666. To this method there are several objections. In the first place, St. John nowhere else makes such use of a number, though numbers form a prominent feature of the book. In the second place, the adoption of this method seems to have been a consequence upon the interpretation of the words, "number of a man," as meaning "a number to be calculated according to man's methods." But this may not be the meaning at all (vide supra); and, if it is, "man's method" would surely signify the symbolical method which St. John adopts all through the rest of the book, as being a language perfectly well understood by himself and his readers. And thirdly, this numerical method has proved entirely unsatisfactory in the hands of those who have hitherto adopted it. For a complete expose of the fallaciousness of such attempts, we may refer the reader to Dr. Salmon's 'Introduction to the New Testament,' p. 291, et seq. A commonly received interpretation makes the name of the beast to be Nero Caesar, written in the Hebrew characters נרון קסר; and as the name may be written Neron or Nero, the difference of the final n ( = 50) is thought to account for the discrepancy in the manuscript authorities. Dr. Salmon shows that Nero could not have been intended, because (1)the prophecy in that ease would have been immediately falsified; (2) the solution would have been known to the early Christians; but it was not known, according to Irenaeus. Dr. Salmon then adds (p. 300), "Pages might be filled with a list of persons whose names have been proposed as solutions of the problem. Among the persons supposed to be indicated are the emperors Caligula, Trajan, and Julian the Apostate, Genseric the Vandal, Popes Benedict IX. and Paul V., Mahomet, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Beza, and Napoleon Bonaparte. There are three rules by the help of which I believe an ingenious man could find the required sum in any given name. First, if the proper name by itself will not yield it, add a title; secondly, if the sum cannot be found in Greek, try Hebrew, or even Latin; thirdly, do not be too particular about the spelling." The above objections also hold good very generally with regard to the suggestion of λατεινος, by which may be indicated the Roman or Latin power, either pagan or papal. But if we attempt to interpret this number in the same way as we have dealt with all other numbers in the Apocalypse, viz. by regarding them as symbolical of qualities, we shall be on surer ground. In the first place, the number six is typical of what is earthly as opposed to what is heavenly. As seven is the number of perfection, and is descriptive of universality, and is therefore the symbol pertaining to God, so six is a type of what falls short of the heavenly ideal. Cf. the six days of the creation; the six years of servitude (<a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Exodus 21:2</a>, etc.) and of work (<a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10</a>). Again, the threefold employment of the number six, while emphasizing the fact of the number referring to what is essentially earthly, has a fulness, importance, and seeming completeness which makes it a type of that which appears to be perfect, but in reality falls short of perfection. It is, in short, symbolical of a deceit, a sham. It is therefore descriptive of the nature of the second beast; of that self deceit which causes men to accept the world as a substitute for God, or, at least, as not antagonistic to him; which enables men to thus quiet their consciences, while in reality becoming followers of the worldly power and subjects of Satan. That this is the meaning of the number six is recognized by some writers, though they do not here so apply it. In the 'Speaker's Commentary,' Introduction, § 11 (a), we find, "Six is the 'signature' of non-perfection;" and, "This number is also a symbol of human rule and power." Wordsworth says, "The numerical symbol of the beast, 666, indicates that he aims at and aspires to the attributes of Christ, and puts forth a semblance of Christian truth, but falls away from it in a triple decline and degeneracy." <a href="/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Here Ὧδε (Hōde) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5602.htm">Strong's 5602: </a> From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither. is [a call for] ἐστίν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. wisdom: σοφία (sophia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4678.htm">Strong's 4678: </a> Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom. {Let} the [one who] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. has ἔχων (echōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. insight νοῦν (noun) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3563.htm">Strong's 3563: </a> Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning. calculate ψηφισάτω (psēphisatō) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5585.htm">Strong's 5585: </a> To reckon, compute, calculate. From psephos; to use pebbles in enumeration, i.e. to compute. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. number ἀριθμὸν (arithmon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_706.htm">Strong's 706: </a> A number, total. From airo; a number. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. beast, θηρίου (thēriou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. it is ἐστίν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. [the] number ἀριθμὸς (arithmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_706.htm">Strong's 706: </a> A number, total. From airo; a number. of a man, ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [that] αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. number [is] ἀριθμὸς (arithmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_706.htm">Strong's 706: </a> A number, total. From airo; a number. 666 {}. ἑξακόσιοι (hexakosioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1812.htm">Strong's 1812: </a> Six hundred. 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