SIM More The Beast Revelation 17:11 says the beast is the 8 th ki would have been Domitian. (*For explanati the website. This handout is not meant to s His Mark Chapter 13:16-18 explains that people wou a mark on their right hand or forehead (wh The Greek for “mark” (charagma) was used for giving things, such as money. Additional time surely would have been looking for the Further, it says someone could “calculate” t inscription was simultaneously a name and (called isopsephy). The Greek for “calculate The language used (wisdom, understanding By itself, 666 cannot uniquely identify anyon Isopsephy (Gematria is Greek # Name Eng Greek Α α 1 Alpha a Ι ι Β β 2 Beta b Κ κ Γ γ 3 Gamma g Λ λ Δ δ 4 Delta d Μ μ Ε ε 5 Epsilon e Ν ν (Ϝ ϛ) 6 Digamma w Ξ ξ Ζ ζ 7 Zeta z Ο ο Η η 8 Eta ē Π π Θ θ 9 Theta th (Ϙ) Gene Γ E Ν E ____ + ____ + __ Danny Δ A Ν Ν Υ ____ + ____ + __ James I A M E Σ ____ + ____ + __ "... graffiti at Pompeii reads: "I love her who Harmonia for good. The number of her hon Domitian's Imperial T Emperor Caesar God's Son Autokrator Kaisar Theou Yios AYTOKPATΩP KAIΣA P ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ (Based on the work of Ethelbert Stauffer, th (Most of Domitian’s Greek coins documente A KAI ΚΑΙΣΑ Κ ΘΕ ΥΙ MPLE REVELATION (The Mark) e info at: PegramChurch.org/Revelation ing [of the Roman empire]. To the people of the time*, th ion, please see the main class handout, slides, or notes; o stand alone, but as a supplement regarding this one topic uld be given a “mark”. It says no one could buy or sell (wh here it was) – the name of the beast or the number of his d for imprints on coins. Either hand could be tattooed, bu lly, it was normal to wear dowry coins around the forehe e mark on coins. the number, that of a man – 666. Their letters were their d a number. The “number of a name” normally meant the e” (psephisato) shares a root word with isopsephy, and co g, and that peculiar Greek word for calculate) could imply ne, hence the plethora of theories and need for other me s roughly the same practice, using Hebrew instead of Gree k # Name Eng Greek # Name 10 Iota i Ρ ρ 100 Rho 20 Kappa k Σ σ 200 Sigma 30 Lambda l Τ τ 300 Tau 40 Mu m Υ υ 400 Upsilo 50 Nu n Φ φ 500 Phi 60 Xi x Χ χ 600 Chi 70 Omicron o Ψ ψ 700 Psi 80 Pi p Ω ω 800 Omeg 90 Koppa q (ϡ) 900 Sampi ___ + ____ = ____ ( 3 + 5 + 50 + 5 = 63 ) ___ + ____ + ______ = ______ ( 4 + 1 + 50 + 50 + 400 = 5 ___ + ____ + ______ = ______ ( 10 + 1 + 40 + 5 + 200 = 2 ose number is 545"; whilst another states, "Amerimnus t nourable name is 45."" (Maurice H. Farbridge) Title Domitian Augustus Germanicus ( Eng Domitianos Sebastos Germanikos ( Gre ΔOMΙTI AΝOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEPMAΝIKOΣ ( Orig he following are just a few abbreviations of many found b ed on websites such as bit.ly/2KeowtC contain at least on ΔOMIT ΣEB Γ ( = 66 ΔΟΜΙΤΙ ( = 66 ΔΟΜ ΓΕΡ ( = 66 hat on c.) hat it was for) without s name (what it was). ut only the right was used ead. Thus people of the r numbers. Thus a coin e sum of its letters ould also mean “vote”. y a trick involved. eans of ID*. ek) e Eng r a s t on y ph ch ps ga ō i ts 505 ) 256 ) thought upon his lady glish Translation ) eek in English Alphabet ) ginal Greek ) by James Allen.) ne such abbreviation.) 66 ) 66 ) 66 )