Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 13:18 - 13:18

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Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 13:18 - 13:18


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Here is wisdom (hōde hē sophia). The puzzle that follows as in Rev 17:9. See Eph 1:17 for “a spirit of wisdom and of understanding.”

He that understands (ho echōn noun). “The one having intelligence” in such matters. Cf. the adverb nounechōs (discreetly) in Mar 12:34.

Let him count (psēphisatō). First active imperative of psēphizō, old verb (from psēphos pebble), to count, in N.T. only here and Luk 14:28.

The number of a man (arithmos anthrōpou). “A man’s number.” But what man and what name?

Six hundred and sixty-six (hexakosioi hexēkonta hex). Unfortunately some MSS. here read 616 instead of 666. All sorts of solutions are offered for this conundrum. Charles is satisfied with the Hebrew letters for Nero Caesar, which give 666, and with the Latin form of Nero (without the final n), which makes 616. Surely this is ingenious and it may be correct. But who can really tell?