Subj : Big fat warning, oh my! To : Constance Rawley From : John Wilson Date : Sat Oct 21 2000 05:06 pm -=> CONSTANCE RAWLEY wrote to JOHN WILSON <=- JW> This is in some NT manuscripts the number of the beast! (666 in JW> most) CR> Hello John, CR> I recall reading that there was a variation on 666 but don't CR> remember CR> where or what the number was. What manuscripts are you referring CR> to? CR> Please tell me you know. :-) I think a link between the two CR> numbers CR> is interesting, but... but... My place is under renovation and my books are not available but: I *think* it's in the notes in either, The Jerusalem Bible, The American Bible (Catholic), possibly in The Scofield Bible,.... The manuscripts I was refering to were the ancient New Yestiment manuscrips and shards of manuscripts many (most) with at least some varient readings (e.g., the three endings of Matthew's Gospel, cannonical varients).......616 was I distinctly remember memtioned in more than one reference book, I've read...Hope this helps...:) ___ MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.32 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (1:153/7715) .