<P> The Number of the Beast (Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου, Arithmos tou Thēriou) is a term in the Book of Revelation, of the New Testament, that is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13 . In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible, the number of the beast is 666 . Papyrus 115 (which is the oldest preserved manuscript of the Revelation as of 2017), as well as other ancient sources like Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, give the Number of the Beast as 616 (χιϛ), not 666; critical editions of the Greek text, such as the Novum Testamentum Graece, note 616 as a variant . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Christian eschatology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eschatology views </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Contrasting beliefs (show) <Ul> <Li> Preterism </Li> <Li> Idealism </Li> <Li> Historicism </Li> <Li> Futurism </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Millennium (show) <Ul> <Li> Amillennialism </Li> <Li> Postmillennialism </Li> <Li> Premillennialism <Ul> <Li> Prewrath Rapture </Li> <Li> Posttribulation Rapture </Li> <Li> Dispensationalism </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Biblical texts (show) <Ul> <Li> Synoptic Gospels <Ul> <Li> Olivet Discourse </Li> <Li> Sheep and Goats </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Book of Revelation <Ul> <Li> Events of Revelation </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Book of Daniel <Ul> <Li> Seventy Weeks </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2 Esdras (Apocrypha) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Key terms (show) <Ul> <Li> Abomination of desolation </Li> <Li> Antichrist </Li> <Li> Armageddon </Li> <Li> The Beast </Li> <Li> Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse </Li> <Li> New Jerusalem </Li> <Li> Katechon </Li> <Li> Kingdom of God </Li> <Li> Lake of fire </Li> <Li> Last Judgment </Li> <Li> Man of sin </Li> <Li> Rapture </Li> <Li> Resurrection of the dead </Li> <Li> Second Coming </Li> <Li> Seven bowls </Li> <Li> Seven seals </Li> <Li> Son of perdition </Li> <Li> Great Tribulation </Li> <Li> Two witnesses </Li> <Li> War in Heaven </Li> <Li> Whore of Babylon </Li> <Li> World to come </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christianity portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Where does the number 666 appear in the bible