17 and that no one was able to buy or to sell except the one who had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom: the one who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number,[a] and his number is six hundred sixty-six.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:18 Or “it is the number of a man”
  2. Revelation 13:18 A few significant manuscripts read “six hundred sixteen”