I found a strange thing while studying The Book of Revelation regarding the infamous 666 number and its "other" interpretation (i.e. the manuscripts that say it's 616 not 666) The Greek original text was written sometimes as: Chi-XI-Stigma and sometimes Chi-Iota-Stigma A huge debate surrounds the subject, even in the 2nd century! Chi = 600 in Gematria Xi = 60 Stigma = 6 Iota = 10 That much is already known. Some say it's Nero, others have different theories.. I'll introduce a new - to my knowledge - theory. המשיח 'הושע בן מרים This Hebrew name is famous and obviously well-known.. from right to left it reads: HaMasheeh Yehushua ben Miriam The Messiah Joshua son of Mary And its numeral equivalent is 616. It's 16 letters. Use simple Hebrew Gematria to see for yourself! Aleph is 1 , Bet is 2 , etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria But that isn't all! We have two numbers: 666 & 616 Both of them were used to identify...