Revelation 13:18

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:43Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord?

Hosea 14:9Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.

Romans 3:5But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

Revelation 15:2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had overcome the beast, and his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God:

Revelation 21:17And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:12-18

The Second Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which… Read the whole commentary →

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