o.o; why'd you post this?

I enjoy coincidences and patterns.

666

"Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundret and sixty six."
Revelations ch. xiii v. 18.

Let´s see if you can guess where I took it from ("The bible" ain´t the correct answer! ^oo^)!

Note: Here, the spelling mistakes ain´t my fault; I originally transferred them from (insert answer here)!

I have no idea

It´s from the booklet of the "Iron Maiden"-album "The Number Of The Beast"...

666 and 616 are both biblical translations, depending on the Bible's manufacturer (the greek reads 616, the hebrew reads 666, both are pretty much guaranteed to spell the name of Nero the roman emperor).

Whow, didn´t know about that one (with fire-Nero); thanks!

Actually, it is from the Bible. The verses just happen to be from two different chapters, with the content between them missing.

Iron Maiden basically copied these from the English Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

"Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short..." is from Revelation 12:12b.

"Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundret and sixty six." is from Revelation 13:18.

Yes, they definitely misspelled Revelation, as there is no 's' in the name of the actual book, in any version of the Bible I've ever seen.

Just as the US says, "color" or behavior" and the UK says "colour" or "behaviour", the spelling of "hundred" varies from region to region as well.

Considering where Iron Maiden is from, the word "hundret" is not actually misspelled. It is from a dialect used in Norfolk, England, and some other counties in the area. Iron Maiden was formed in England. So, their only mistake was in misspelling the name of the book, and in failing to properly cite where the first half of their quote originated.

Whoa, some expert you are...

Just to make it clear for the others, of course originally it´s from the bible; that´s why I claimed out that point.

The New Living Translation adds an S to the end of Revelation (turning it to Revelations), as does the standard bible the methodist church I go to uses.

I have no clue why, though, I always thought it was Revelation. xD

Interesting. I don't have a copy of the New Living Translation. Of course, some "translations" aren't actually translations. They are simply paraphrasing of already existing translations, usually in an attempt to make them more reader-friendly to specific groups of people. When one paraphrases, rather than translates, they have a greater risk of sacrificing accuracy.

The Methodist church I grew up with used the KJV, and I've seen some Methodists preferring to use the NIV, both of which have Revelation without the S. Which Bible is used in your church? It may be one to add to my collection. I often like to compare between the various versions when I look something up, as it helps to understand things better, even when there may be disagreements among some of the translations.

I think it's NIV, but it says "Revelations", so it may be a reprint. o:

Most be. My NIV definitely has it without the S. I've had mine since close around 1982. They keep discovering new things, so it wouldn't surprise me if Revelations was found to be the more correct name of the book. There is also very strong evidence that 666 is not the correct number of the beast, but that the actual number is 616. Those little details make little difference to the actual message of course, but churches have actually split over smaller things in the past.

Yeah.

The theory I subscribe to about the number is this:

It's the hebrew mathematical code for disguising names. The greek translation of the same code is 616, the hebrew version is 666.

I also subscribe to the theory that they were talking about Nero, and so I tend to completely ignore the last book of the Bible, which has earned me alot of anger among the more conservative members of my church who interpret everything in it literally. x3

Would have been creepier if you have 6 notes and watchers, too. : P

but then I'd loose the effect of 666

Lucky!

I thought that was 777?

And I just sat down to play Dante's inferno >.<

lol

I just got done installing office 2007 and when I opened up outlook I had 666 new messages...

Creepy...

indeedy

You have 27806 new messages ( 19544S, 1558C, 5204J, 1134F, 366W )

you have 495 watches and I have 137.

I have 11335 new messages ( 8048S, 3C, 3282J, 2W )

So deviding our totals by our watches:
you have 56.173737373737373737373737373737
I have 82.737226277372262773722627737226

You signed up 29/03/09
I signed up 23/07/07

So you've been here for 358 days
And I've been here for 973 days

So your previous score devided by my days is 0.1569098809322273009423847412674
And my previous score devided by my days is 0.085033120531728944268985228918006

You win even after my time-wasting calculations

That's too much

Cool story, bro.