Rev 13:16-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Rev 13:16-17: 13:16-17 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 , 11 ; 19:20 ; 20:4 ), 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 ).

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‏ Revelation of John 13:16-17

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).