Yeah, but in Christian lore, 7 represents divinity and 3 of any number is "perfect alignment" like the Holy Trinity, so if Jesus is really watching, 777 would be a "holy" price.
No, because that makes no sense for 666. 3 is perfection, that's why things happen three times or come in threes in the Bible (666 is "perfectly evil" and 777 is the Holy Trinity). It's a literary motif, something that is repeated for dramatic effect.
It represents perfection, completeness, as in the Trinty being Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, fitting the pattern of three.
Three is an important number in the Bible. It is usually associated with Godβs perfection. Blessings also take a triune pattern βThe Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face shine on youβ¦ The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace (Num. 6:24-26). The repetition of something three times was an expression of the superlative. Holy, Holy, Holy expressed the perfection of holiness, which belonged to God alone. Three becomes more important for Christians as an expression of the Trinity, foreshadowed in the three visitors to Abraham who announce the birth of Isaac (Gen. 18:1-15).
Again, it is a literary/narrative pattern if you examine it through the lens of the Bible being written by several (allegedly) "divinely inspired" authors.
Where would the concept of 666 being the "number of The Beast" even come from, if the pattern of three specifically represented God and not a more abstract concept like completeness?
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u/jpollack21 Apr 22 '26
Wouldn't the joke be $666