Number of the Beast Testamentum Graece, note 616 as a variant. The Number of the Beast is described in Revelation 13:15–18. Several translations have been interpreted for the meaning of the phrase "Here is Wisdom, Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast" where the peculiar Greek word ("psephisato") is used. Possible translations include "to count", "to reckon" and also "to vote" or "to decide". In the "Textus Receptus", derived from Byzantine text-type manuscripts, the number 666 is represented by the Greek numerals , with the Greek ligature stigma () representing the number 6: In the "Novum Testamentum Graece", the number
Number of the Beast (comics) series was brought together into a trade paperback: Number of the Beast (comics) Number of the Beast is a comic book limited series, written by Scott Beatty, with art by Chris Sprouse. "Number of the Beast" was the second in a number of bi-weekly series, it was preceded by "", which resulted in the relaunch of a number of Wildstorm titles. As well as regular Wildstorm characters the series introduced a new team, The Paladins, comprising: The story chronologically began in 1945, when General Zebulon McCandless, a very pious and dogmatic person, oversaw the American recovery of a crashed Daemonite