The Book of the Revelation of John, usually referred to simply as Revelation, is the last book of the New Testament.  The Book of Revelation was supposedly writen by St. John the Divine, the author of The Gospel of John.

Revelation is considered by some to be one of the most controversial and difficult books of the Bible. Supposedly God revealed the final days to John in the form of a vision. John sees oceans boil, four horsemen and of course Armageddon.

The most familiar thing out of Revelation is bound to be “The Number of the Beast”, 666.

Revelation 13:18 (King James version)

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

It is thought the we can ferret out the Antichrist by decoding his name.  All we have to do is translate 666 into letters and go looking.

The only problem with that is that the oldest written version of Revelation, discovered during the 50s but not deciphered and published until 1995, puts the “Number of the Beast” at 616.

That’s right!

THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST IS 616!

The source document is called Papyrus 115.

Papyrus 115 at  POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online

Papyrus 115 at Wikipedia