Apostle John was a Jew, writing from a profoundly Jewish perspective.

The Book of Revelation is written with an "anti-Roman" teaching.

During that time, the Christian community faced and entered into polemics and war with the pagan Roman gods.

Apostle John wrote his book in a real context, addressing the seven churches as commanded by the Lord Jesus, and John's writing was understandable to his contemporary readers.

John clearly states, "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.

If identified that "The number of the beast" (Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου - ARITHMOS TOU THERIOU) ,refers to Emperor Nero,


this would explain why some early manuscripts of Revelation, such as in Papyrus 115 (on element β-115), write "616" - χιϛ - Khi-Iota-Stigma - instead of "666" - χξς Khi-Xi-Stigma - as the numerical representation of the beast.


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