Revelation of John 13:15-17
Summary for Rev 13:16-17: 13:16-17 a small and great, rich and poor, free and slave: All humanity is required to accept the beast’s evil mark of ownership (see 14:9 b, 11 c; 19:20 d; 20:4 e), a precondition for all commerce (the right to buy or sell). The text does not explicitly tell us what the mark is or looks like.• On the right hand or on the forehead suggests the branding of slaves—the beast owns them.
• the number representing his name: In both Hebrew and Greek, letters of the alphabet represent numbers, which gave names a numerical value (13:18 f).
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