Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the beast identified by the number 666 represents the world's unified governments in opposition to God. The beast is said to have "a human number" in that the represented governments are of a human origin rather than spirit entities.

2023年10月20日 · The number 666 is often referred to as the "Number of the Beast" in the Bible, specifically in the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament. It is associated with an apocalyptic vision of a beast that symbolizes evil and opposition to God.

2025年2月7日 · The number of the beast is a well-known instance of biblical numerology appearing in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Revelation to John. The number of the beast is usually referred to as 666, although the earliest extant written copy of Revelation gives 616.

有人认为666代表用 希伯来字母 写的“ 尼禄 凯撒 ”（נרון קסר， Nrwn Qsr ），（ 希伯来文 从右到左书写）即666=200(r)+60(S)+100(q)+50(n)+6(w)+200(r)+50(n)。 另外，六百六十六在 罗马数字 中是DCLXVI，有人提出这是 Domitianus Caesar Legatos Xti Violenter Interfecit 的 首字母缩略词 ...

2023年8月29日 · In the Bible and popular culture, 666 symbolizes the number of the devil or "beast." Many scholars believe it is a coded reference to the Roman emperor Nero. What is the number of the beast in the Bible?

2024年4月18日 · When the Greek word for beast (therion) is spelled in Hebrew, the numerical equivalent is 666. By employing this meaning, Draper and Rhodes argue that John “is asking for moral discernment in order to avoid being entrapped by the beast.”12

2015年2月11日 · Revelation 13:18 says, “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is 666.” This is one of the most debated verses in the entire Book of Revelation because of widespread disagreement over the identification and meaning of the number 666.

Putting verses 17 and 18 together, we see that the number 666 identifies the beast, that it is a man’s name who is also called the beast and that it will authorize people to make economic transactions. So what does the number 666 mean? How does one “calculate” this number?

That these two specific numbers, 666 and 616, are the only ones ever found described as “the number of the Beast” is significant. But understanding how, requires a discussion of how numbers relate to names in classical times, and especially in classical eastern Christendom.

2023年4月17日 · Twenty-first-century believers, like their first-century counterparts, can be absolutely certain that 666 is the number of Nero’s name and that Nero is the beast who ravaged the bride of Christ in a historical milieu that included three and a half years of persecution.