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- ↑ Beale, G.K. (1999). Revelation : a commentary on the Greek text (3. Dr. ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans. p. 718. ISBN 978-0-8028-2174-4.
…a copyist may have intentionally changed the number to 616 under influence from the Latin form of the name Nero, which, transcribed into Hebrew characters…, produces 616.
- 1 2 "The Other Number of the Beast" . Retrieved Jun 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Sloane's A000931 : Padovan sequence". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ↑ "Papyrus Reveals New Clues to Ancient World". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ↑ "RLST 152 - Lecture 23 - Apocalyptic and Resistance | Open Yale Courses". oyc.yale.edu. Retrieved Jun 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Evil Number". Numberphile. 31 October 2018. Retrieved Jun 21, 2020.