In the Greek manuscripts, the Number is rendered in Greek numerical form as “χξς”,[7] or sometimes literally as “six hundred and sixty-six”, “ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἑξι”.[8][9] [hexakosioi hexékonta hex - lit. six hundred sixty six]
The oldest known record of the verse, a fragment of an early manuscript of Revelation from the Oxyrhynchus site, Papyrus 115, gives a different number, 616, as “χιϛ”.[1] The early Church father Irenaeus knew several occurrences of the 616-variant but regarded them as a scribal error, although he didn't know the meaning of the number.[10] The Zürich Bible which is based on the oldest Bible manuscripts also mentions the number 616.
