And that no man might buy or sell, except he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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Bede
AD 735
name: That is, who participates in his deceit. For the mark, that is, the note and name of the beast and the number of his name are one. And it is the number of a man, that we may not suppose him, as the opinion of some is, to be either the devil, or a demon, but one from among men, in whom Satan is to dwell bodily. For he is "the man of sin, the son of perdition." <a
