The Beast (Revelation) had just disappeared to Parthia and would one day reappear. Finally, the readers of Revelation were told to "calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six" (Rev. 13:18). John did not expect that his readers "who had understanding" to have any difficulty identifying the beast, since they could simply calculate the meaning of this number. "Neron Kaisar" (the Greek rendering, documented by archaeological finds), when transliterated into Hebrew נרון קסר (Nrwn Qsr) had a number of 666. The variant number 616 found in some manuscripts of
The Number of the Beast (album) of All Time". "Classic Rock" placed it at No. 15 in their list of the "100 Greatest British Rock Albums", describing it as "the most important metal album of the decade", and it was voted No. 1 in HMV's list of "The Best British Albums of the Past 60 Years" in 2012. "The Number of the Beast" is one of two Iron Maiden records listed in Robert Dimery's book, "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" (1980's "Iron Maiden" being the other). In 2017, it was ranked 4th on "Rolling Stone" list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All