John 1:1 In Hebrew
Translating John 1:1 into Hebrew and following the Greek text as accurately as possible produces numeric features, while interpreting from the theory of the Trinity does not. The theory of the Trinity changes the understanding of the text and produces inferior translations
. In this case, when the understanding is correct and the text accurately followed, numeric features appear.
Here is the original Greek text.
| Ἐν | αρχη | ην | ο | λογος | και | ο | λογος | ην |
| In | beginning | was | the | word | and | the | word | was |
| προς | τον | θεον | και | θεος | ην | ο | λογος | |
| towards | the | God | and | god | was | the | word | |
Godis capitalized for θεον because it is preceded by the definite article τον. θεον and τον both end with the same letter, indicating that the two go together. The second occurrence of the word godis spelled θεος, and has no definite article. This is why the English is not capitalized. | ||||||||
Here is John 1:1 interpreted into Hebrew. It is not a translation because whoever did it replaced the singular θεον (God) with the plural אלהים (gods).
| הדבר | היה | ואלהים | האלהים | את | היה | והדבר | הדבר | היה | בראשית |
| the word | was | and Elohim (gods) | the Elohim (the gods) | *** | was | and the word | the word | was | beginning |
| This version also agrees with the one produced by the British & Foreign Bible Society in 1901. (Reminder: Hebrew is read from right to left.) | |||||||||
The common Western Christian understanding of אלהים is that it can be singular and plural. However, θεον for God is not understood as singular and plural at the same time, thus it would be inaccurate to translate it as אלהים.
These two Hebrew words standing together, את האלהים, are extremely rare in the Old Testament, occurring only 7 times. (Joshua 24:14, 24:15; Psalm 14:2, 53:3, 78:56; Jeremiah 16:13, and Hosea 12:4) את is usually not translated into English. It is the sign that the next word is the definite direct object. It could be translated as the
, but the next word האלהים is Ha-Elohim
which already has a definite article. It's not that the interpretation is wrong, but that it is extremely uncommon in relation to the Old Testament.
The bias for the Trinity is very clear with this interpretation. The Word
was the Gods
and the Gods
were the Word.
It does not reflect the actual Greek.
Here is a slightly different interpretation.
| הַדָבָר | הָיָה | וֵאלוקים | אלוקים | עם | הָיָה | וְהַדָבָר | הַדָבָר | הָיָה | בְרֵאשִית |
| the word | was | and Elohim | Elohim | with/from | was | and the word | the word | was | beginning |
The use of the Hebrew עם to denote with/from
is an improvement to match the Greek προς, but אלוקים now lacks the definite article equivalent of τον θεον. And once again the Trinity bias is clear with the ending.
The wordpress.org version has a numeric total of 2196 (22 x 32 x 61), and the biblehub.com version has a total of 2102 (2 x 1051). Neither are divisible by 7 and or 13. The biblehub.com has the sum of the factors divisible by 13: 2 + 1051 = 1053 = 34 x 13.
(See this for the conversion of Hebrew to numbers.)
It would only be fair to point out that the original Greek has a total of 2369 (23 x 103). This is also not divisible by 7 and or 13. However, the sum of the factors is 126 (2 x 32 x 7).
Most Christians are completely unaware that these recent interpretations of John 1:1 into Hebrew break and stand against almost two thousand years of tradition! Beginning with the Septuagint, around 255 B.C., the Hebrew plural forms of God, אלוקים and אלהיך were replaced with the singular θεος in Greek. This was accepted and continued by the Apostles and writers of the New Testament. The few times the Greek plural θεοι (theoi; gods) occurs in the Septuagint and New Testament all refer to foreign deities. Thus the very concept of the Trinity is against the history of the faithful.
Watch what happens when a Hebrew translation is made following the Greek.
| הדבר | היה | ואל | האל | אֶל־מוּל | היה | והדבר | הדבר | היה | בראשית |
| the word | was | and a god | the God | before / towards | was | and the word | the word | was | beginning |
Having the Hebrew parallel the Greek as closely as possible emphasizes the purpose of the definite article. The God
is distinguished from a god.
The two are not the same and it would be wrong to confuse the two.
Rather than use אלוקים (Elohim) which today is considered singular and plural, the exclusively singular אל (El) is used. The definite article ה is placed with the first occurrence forming האל to match the God
in the Greek τον θεον. (See Genesis 31:13.)
Perhaps the most difficult word to translate is the Greek word προς.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance gives this definition:
a strengthened form of προ (4253); a preposition of direction;forward to, i.e.toward(with the genitivethe side ofi.e.pertaining to; with the dativeby the side ofi.e.near to; usually with accusative the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is thedestinationof the relation, i.e.whitherorforwhich it is predicated): about, according to, against, among, at, because of, before, between, ([where])-by, for, [idiom] at thy house, in, for intent, nigh, unto of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), [in conjunction with] together, to ([you]) -ward, unto, with(-in). In compounds it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motiontowards, accessionto, or nearnessat.
The Greek word προ (4253) has these meanings:
a primary preposition;forei.e.in front of,prior (figuratively: above, ago, before, or ever. In compounds it retains the same significance.superior) to
There are two Hebrew words with the basic meaning of towards
or to
: אֶל and מוּל. They can also stand together as אֶל־מוּל with the same meaning.2 When the two are used together in John 1:1, the Hebrew phrase in table A is divisible by 7.
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 211 | 20 | 913 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 200 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 400 | 10 | 300 | 1 | 200 | 2 |
| הדבר | היה | בראשית | ||||||||||
| The Word | was | beginning | ||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 76 | 31 | 20 | 217 | |||||||||
| 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| 30 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 200 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| מול | אל | היה | והדבר | |||||||||
| towards/near | was | and The Word | ||||||||||
| 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
| 211 | 20 | 37 | 36 | |||||||||
| 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| 200 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 5 |
| הדבר | היה | ואל | האל | |||||||||
| The Word | was | and a god | the God | |||||||||
AThere are 11 words, 39 letters (3 x 13), and the total is 1792 (28 x 7). [N.B. The sum of the factors is 23. The Word, Jesus, came as a man.]
A.1The total of the first and last letters of each word (85, 1135) come to 1220. This is not divisible by 7 and or 13, but the sum of the factors is a surprise:
1220 = 22 x 5 x 61. SF: 70 = 2 x 5 x 7. SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
A.1.1The same thing happens with the positions of these letters (223, 251). The total: 474 = 2 x 3 x 79. SF: 84 = 22 x 3 x 7. SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
Jesus claimed Alpha and Omega along with First and Last in Revelation 22:13, but when the actual Greek is checked, he never said I am the Alpha and the Omega.
There is no Greek verb ειμι (am) in the verse. Most importantly, Jesus never said he is, was, and is to come
and he never said he was the Almighty
(Revelation 1:8). Thus numeric features for the first and last letters of each word appear in the next level of factors, but not immediately.
A.1.2The difference between God and The Word (Jesus) can be seen when the difference is taken between the values of the first and last letters of each word: 1135 − 85 = 1050 (2 x 3 x 52 x 7).
A.1.3These even occurs with the positions: 251 − 223 = 28 (22 x 7).
Compare this with The Proclamation where the first and last letters of each word are together and individually divisible by 7, and where every other letter is divisible by 7. This numerically demonstrates Jesus is not God. There is no Trinity.
A.1.4Letters that are not first or last in a word also demonstrate the same thing. The total 572 (22 x 11 x 13. SF: 28 = 22 x 7) is divisible by 13. But these are not the Alpha and Omega of each word. Thus even though Jesus said he was Alpha and Omega, it is not the same as God.
A.2The letters could be placed in 13 groups of 3. Each group is added up. Gather all groups where the total is an odd number.
A.2.1Odd valued groups of 3:
2 200 1 5 4 2 200 6 5 1 30 40 6 30 5 1 30 6
Total of the odd valued groups: 574 = 2 x 7 x 41.
A.2.2Even valued groups of 3:
300 10 400 5 10 5 4 2 200 5 10 5 1 30 5 10 5 5 4 2 200
Total of the even valued groups: 1218 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 29.
The Hebrew translation above was achieved by following the Greek as exactly as possible. Below is a translation with an interpretation.
Since words are spoken, the understanding is that God spoke The Word into being. Once in existence, the word turned to face God. This interpretation replaces the Greek word προς, with the Hebrew word פנה (to turn).
06437 panah {paw-naw'}
¤ a primitive root; TWOT - 1782; verb
¤ AV - turn 53, look 42, prepare 6, regard 4, respect 4, look back 4,
turn away 2, turn back 2, misc 16; 135
¤ 1) to turn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn toward or from or away 1a2) to
turn and do 1a3) to turn, decline (of day) 1a4) to turn toward, approach
(of evening) 1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or
for 1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away
1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to turn 1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning,
turn back 1d) (Hophal) to be turned back
| הדבר | היה | ואל | האל | פנה | היה | והדבר | הדבר | היה | בראשית |
| the word | was | and god | the God | turning to /toward | was | and the word | the word | was | beginning |
| A) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| B) | 217 | 211 | 20 | 913 | |||||||||||||||
| C) | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| D) | 200 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 200 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 400 | 10 | 300 | 1 | 200 | 2 | |
| E) | והדבר | הדבר | היה | בראשית | |||||||||||||||
| F) | and the Word | the Word | was | beginning | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 211 | 20 | 37 | 36 | 135 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | |
| 200 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 80 | 5 | 10 | 5 | |
| הדבר | היה | ואל | האל | פנה | היה | ||||||||||||||
| the Word | was | and a god | the God | turning to | was | ||||||||||||||
| A) Word position. | B) Word sum. | C) Letter position. | D) Letter value. | E) Hebrew. | F) English. | ||||||||||||||
BThe numeric total of this interpretation: 1820 (22 x 5 x 7 x 13). Instantly there are factors of 7 and 13. This is a one in ninety-one chance.
Why didn't the original Greek have a numeric total divisible by 7 and or 13? Why was the 7 hidden in the next level, in the sum of the factors? Perhaps God arranged it this way because He knew people would argue over John 1:1 when it came to the Trinity. Those supporting erroneous doctrine would produce interpreted translations that would not have any immediate numeric features. And any honest person who checked with the original Greek would see such interpretations diverging from the actual text. Those who held to the original meaning of the scriptures would produce more accurate translations with the greater likelihood of having numeric features.
(The very fact that the original Greek had the sum of its factors as a multiple of 7, and not its numeric total, could be considered a hint to look at the next level in language, i.e. translations. This can be seen in the inadvertently anti-Trinity translation of John 1:1 in the Chinese Union Version which has numeric features.)
The total is not the only numeric feature for this interpretation.
B.1Three words have totals that are prime numbers. They just happen to be the 3rd, 8th and 10th words.
3 8 10 211 37 211
The sum of the positions: 21 = 3 x 7.
The sum of the words: 459 = 33 x 17. SF: 26 = 2 x 13.
This means the remaining seven words are not prime numbers. Their positions and total have no feature, but there are 7 of them.
B.2The highest valued word is the first word with a total of 913. This value appeared only once. Three words have the value 20, which is the lowest value. Thus the highest and lowest values (913 + 20 x 3) equal 973 (7 x 139).
B.3Now examine the letters. The place values of all the letters of the verse: 308 = 22 x 7 x 11.
B.4The first and last letters of each word: 1204 = 22 x 7 x 43. Here we see why Jesus also claimed to be Alpha and Omega, and First and Last. (Revelation 22:13) But one thing Jesus does not claim is Revelation 1:8's is, was, and is to come.
Every other word, and every other letter from this translation do not yield totals divisible by seven.
B.4.1Letters that are not first or last in a word: 616 = 23 x 7 x 11.
B.4.2The positions of the letters that are not first or last: 294 = 2 x 3 x 72.
With a translation that is not as exact, it is now possible to have the first and last letters of each word coming to a total divisible by 7. Once again this demonstrates the difference between The Word, and God.
B.5Divide the letters into four groups.
Odd valued letters in odd positions: 42 = 2 x 3 x 7. Odd valued letters in even positions: 502 = 2 x 251. Even valued letters in odd positions: 16 = 24. Even valued letters in even positions: 1260 = 22 x 32 x 5 x 7.
B.5.1Letters that are purely odd or purely even (value and position):
1302 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 31.
B.5.2Letters that are mixed (odd in value but even in position or vice versa):
518 = 2 x 7 x 37.
B.5.3The difference between what is pure and what is mixed produces an extra seven: 784 = 24 x 72.
B.6Since it is God who speaks The Word, the letter values of God’s Hebrew name are used to count letters in the translation. God’s name is used 13 times.
a) 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 b) 10 15 21 26 36 41 10 15 25 30 36 41 14 19 25 30 40 8 14 19 29 c) 10 15 21 26 36 4 10 15 25 30 36 4 14 19 25 30 3 8 14 19 29 d) 5 5 5 1 2 300 5 5 5 30 2 300 6 5 5 30 1 10 6 5 1 a) 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 b) 34 40 8 18 23 29 34 44 12 18 23 33 38 7 12 22 27 33 38 11 16 c) 34 3 8 18 23 29 34 7 12 18 23 33 1 7 12 22 27 33 1 11 16 d) 5 1 10 200 50 1 5 5 2 200 50 5 2 5 2 80 30 5 2 4 4 a) 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 (Value from the name.) b) 22 27 37 42 11 16 26 31 37 42 (Count.) c) 22 27 37 5 11 16 26 31 37 5 (Count adjusted for 37 letters.) d) 80 30 200 10 4 4 1 5 200 10 (Letter found.)
Total: 1946 = 2 x 7 x 139.
B.7Since Jesus said he was first and last, and since the first and last letters of each word together were divisible by 7, a symmetrically positioned group of letters is also together and individually divisible by seven. (There is only one such group as there is only one God, and only one Jesus.)
The two groups each consist of 5 letters. The first group ranges from the 11th to the 15th letters (positions counted from the beginning of the verse). The second group ranges from the 23rd to the 27th letters, which are the 11th to 15th letters if counted from the end of the verse.
Letter position: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Reverse position: 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 List of letters: 2 200 1 300 10 400 5 10 5 5 4 2 200 6 5 4 2 200 5 10 5 80 50 5 5 1 30 6 1 30 5 10 5 5 4 2 200
The two groups together: 308 (22 x 7 x 11).
B.7.1The first group has a total of 217 (7 x 31).
B.7.2The second group has a total of 91 (7 x 13). (Note the reversal of the digits in the second factor for the individual groups.)
B.7.3There is a distance of 7 letters between the two groups. While the letters in between the two groups have no feature, the total of their positions are naturally divisible by 7 since 7 consecutive numbers always total a multiple of 7.
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
What is not expected is the sum of the factors: 133 = 7 x 19. SF: 26 = 2 x 13.
B.8.1Fifteen of the letters are prime numbers:
Letter position: 1 7 9 10 12 15 17 19 21 24 25 31 33 34 36 Letter value: 2 5 5 5 2 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2
Total of the prime numbers: 63 = 32 x 7. SF: 13.
Prime numbers being unique, even their positions have a feature: 294 = 2 x 3 x 72.
B.8.2Twenty-two of the letters are not prime numbers:
a) 2 3 4 5 6 8 11 13 14 16 18 20 22 23 26 27 28 b) 200 1 300 10 400 10 4 200 6 4 200 10 80 50 1 30 6 a) 29 30 32 35 37 (Letter position.) b) 1 30 10 4 200 (Letter value.)
Total of the letters: 1757 = 7 x 251. (In this case, the positions have no feature. These are regular numbers and not unique.)
B.9The words of The Proclamation (Exodus 34:6-7) count through the 10 words of John 1:1 in theHebrew interpretation.
a) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 b) 317 26 26 31 254 120 221 131 208 72 447 340 72 191 351 c) 317 343 369 400 654 774 995 1126 1334 1406 1853 2193 2265 2456 2807 d) 7 3 9 0 4 4 5 6 4 6 3 3 5 6 7 e) 36 211 20 211 217 217 20 135 217 135 211 211 20 135 36 a) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 b) 126 456 29 161 31 165 184 126 409 100 102 106 62 102 c) 2933 3389 3418 3579 3610 3775 3959 4085 4494 4594 4696 4802 4864 4966 d) 3 9 8 9 0 5 9 5 4 4 6 2 4 6 e) 211 20 37 20 211 20 20 20 217 217 135 20 217 135 a) 30 31 32 33 (Word from Exodus 34:6-7.) b) 100 680 106 322 (Word value.) c) 5066 5746 5852 6174 (Count.) d) 6 6 2 4 (Count adjusted to 10 words.) e) 135 135 20 217 (Word found in John 1:1.)
Total of the words found (line e): 4039 = 7 x 577.
(N.B. Applying this interpretation of John 1:1 to The Proclamation does not produce anything. This is because it is God who spoke The Word, not the other way around.)
Was all this coincidence? Perhaps the author was just lucky in finding Hebrew words to stick in that would work.
Confirmation In English
The English version is almost exactly like the interlinear provided for the original Greek at the beginning of this article. The only differences are inserting a definite article before the word beginning
to have a more proper English sense, replacing the word towards
with the word nearing
, and making it clear that The Word is a god
and not the God.
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was nearing the God and a god was the Word.
a) 1 2 3 4 5 6 b) 30 87 104 171 87 164 c) 12 24 50 36 24 38 d) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 e) 2 3- 4 6- 8- 10- 11- 13- 14 15- 16- 17 18- 19 21- 23-24 f) 30 80- 7 2- 6- 30- 30- 30- 6 100- 1- 70 80- 7 100- 60-4 g) In the beginning was the Word a) 7 8 9 10 11 12 b) 35 87 164 171 127 87 c) 17 24 38 36 46 24 d) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 e) 25- 26- 27 28-29 31- 33-34 35- 36-37 38-40- 41- 43-44 45- 46 f) 1- 30- 4 80-7 100-60-4 100-1- 70 30-1- 60- 30-6 80- 7 g) and the Word was nearing the a) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 b) 10 35 1 10 171 87 164 c) 10 17 1 10 36 24 38 d) 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 5 46 47 48 49 50 51 e) 48- 50 51- 52- 53 54 55- 57 58- 59- 60 61- 62 64- 66- 67 f) 6- 4 1- 30- 4 1 6- 4 100- 1- 70 80- 7 100- 60- 4 g) God and a god was the Word. a) Word position. b) Word value. c) Word place value. d) Letter position. e) Letter position with all vowels considered. f) Letter value. g) English text.
List of words: 30 87 104 171 87 164 35 87 164 171 127 87 10 35 1 10 171 87 164 List of letters: 30 80 7 2 6 30 30 30 6 100 1 70 80 7 100 60 4 1 30 4 80 7 100 60 4 100 1 70 30 1 60 30 6 80 7 6 4 1 30 4 1 6 4 100 1 70 80 7 100 60 4
(To convert English to numbers, see this.)
CNumeric total: 1792 = 28 x 7. SF: 23. (Like the Hebrew in Table A, the sum of the factors confirms Jesus came as a man.)
C.1Exactly seven words are odd valued, but there is no corresponding feature with the even valued words. This is because The Word is not the God.
C.2The values of the letters for God’s name in Hebrew count through the words just once.
Letter from the name: 10 5 6 5 Count: 10 15 21 7 Adusted for 19 words: 10 15 2 7 Word found: 171 1 87 35
Total of the words found: 294 = 2 x 3 x 72.
C.3Only two words are multiples of 7. They just happen to be positioned perfectly in the passage.
Position: 7 14 Word value: 35 35
Total of the positions: 21 = 3 x 7.
Total of the words: 70 = 2 x 5 x 7. SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
C.4Divide the words into four groups depending on whether their values and positions are odd and or even.
Odd position & odd valued: Odd position & even valued: 5 7 11 15 17 1 3 9 13 19 87 35 127 1 171 30 104 164 10 164 Total: 421 = 421. Total: 472 = 23 x 59. SF: 65 = 5 x 13. Even position & odd valued: Even position & even valued: 2 4 8 10 12 14 18 6 16 87 171 87 171 87 35 87 164 10 Total: 725 = 52 x 29. SF: 39 = 3 x 13. Total: 174 = 2 x 3 x 29.
Words that are purely odd or purely even (value and position agreeing):
421 + 174 = 595 (5 x 7 x 17).
Words that are mixed (value and position not agreeing):
472 + 725 = 1197 (32 x 7 x 19).
The difference between what is pure and mixed: 1197 − 595 = 602 (2 x 7 x 43). This was expected, but the sum of the factors is something else: 52 = 22 x 13.
C.5First and last letters of each word: 1393 = 7 x 199.
C.5.1The positions of the first and last letters of each word: 1018 = 2 x 509.
SF: 511 = 7 x 73.
C.6The current numeric system for English ignores all vowels except for A and Y. If the positions of the vowels E, I, O, and U were included, then the positions of the first letter of each word (with a numeric value) would be 658 (2 x 7 x 47. SF: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13). The positions of the last letter of each word (with a numeric value would be 700 (22 x 52 x 7. SF: 21 = 3 x 7). And of course the two together would be 1358 (2 x 7 x 97).
C.7The letter values of God’s name in Hebrew are used twice to count through the letters of the passage.
Letter from the name: 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 Count: 10 15 21 26 36 41 47 52 Adjusted to 51 letters: 10 15 21 26 36 41 47 1 Letter found: 100 100 80 100 6 1 80 30
Total: 497 = 7 x 71. SF: 78 = 2 x 3 x 13.
C.7.1The letter values of God’s name in Hebrew are used seven times to count through the letters of the passage.
a) 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 b) 10 15 21 26 36 41 47 52 11 16 22 27 37 42 48 53 12 17 23 28 38 c) 10 15 21 26 36 41 47 1 11 16 22 27 37 42 48 2 12 17 23 28 38 d) 100 100 80 100 6 1 80 30 1 60 7 1 4 6 7 80 70 4 100 70 1 a) 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 (Letter from the name.) b) 43 49 54 13 18 24 29 (Count.) c) 43 49 3 13 18 24 29 (Count adjusted to 51 letters.) d) 4 100 7 80 1 60 30 (Letter found.)
Total: 1190 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 17.
Odd valued letters (12): 42 = 2 x 3 x 7.
Even valued letters (39): 1750 = 2 x 53 x 7.
Position total of the even valued letters: 994 = 2 x 7 x 71.
Odd position & odd valued: 3 11 27 35 41 45 7 1 1 7 1 1 Total: 18 = 2 x 32 Odd position & even valued: 1 5 7 9 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 29 31 33 37 39 43 47 49 51 30 6 30 6 80 100 4 30 80 100 4 30 60 6 4 30 4 80 100 4 Total: 788 = 22 x 197. Even position & odd valued: 14 18 22 30 38 48 7 1 7 1 1 7 Total: 24 = 23 x 3. Even position & even valued: 2 4 6 8 10 12 16 20 24 26 28 32 34 36 40 42 44 46 50 80 2 30 30 100 70 60 4 60 100 70 30 80 6 4 6 100 70 60 Total: 962 = 2 x 13 x 37. SF: 52 = 22 x 13.
C.8.1Letters that are purely odd or purely even: 18 + 962 = 980 = 22 x 5 x 72.
C.8.2Letters that are mixed: 788 + 24 = 812 = 22 x 7 x 29.
C.9Since the current number system favours even valued numbers, odd valued letters are greatly outnumbered by even valued letters. More equal sized groups could be formed by looking at the letter's first digit.
C.9.1Odd valued first digit letters:
30 7 30 30 30 100 1 70 7 100 1 30 7 100 100 1 70 30 1 30 7 1 30 1 100 1 70 7 100
Total: 1092 = 22 x 3 x 7 x 13.
C.9.2Even valued first digit letters:
80 2 6 6 80 60 4 4 80 60 4 60 6 80 6 4 4 6 4 80 60 4
Total: 700 = 22 x 52 x 7. SF: 21 = 3 x 7.
C.10.1Six letters are prime numbers. They too are positioned strategically.
Position: 3 4 14 22 35 48 Letter: 7 2 7 7 7 7
Sum of the positions: 126 = 2 x 32 x 7.
Sum of the primes produces another prime: 37.
C.10.2Forty-five letters are not prime numbers. Their sum is a multiple of 13.
1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 30 80 6 30 30 30 6 100 1 70 80 100 60 4 1 30 4 80 100 60 4 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 100 1 70 30 1 60 30 6 80 6 4 1 30 4 1 6 4 100 1 70 80 49 50 51 100 60 4
Total of the positions: 1200 = 24 x 3 x 52. SF: 21 = 3 x 7.
Total of the letters: 1755 = 33 x 5 x 13.
C.11Eight letters are divisible by 7.
3 12 14 22 28 35 46 48 7 70 7 7 70 7 70 7
Total of the positions: 208 = 24 x 13. SF: 21 = 3 x 7.
Total of the letters: 245 = 5 x 72. (An extra factor of 7 appears.)
C.12The middle 3, 35, and 39 letters come to totals divisible by 7. Why? Because 3 + 35 + 39 = 77 (7 x 11).
Support From The Chinese
The Protestants who translated the Bible into Chinese chose the character 道 (Dao; the Way) for the Greek λογος (Logos; Word), even though they knew it was inaccurate. They wanted to tie John 1:1 to the first stanza of the Dao De Jing where the 道 (Dao) was the beginning of heaven and earth, and superior to the 名 (Meng; name) which only gave birth to all things. This was an effort to impose the Trinity on to Chinese thought. What it did was mix up and destroy the parallels between John 1:1 and the first stanza of the Dao De Jing where 道 stands in for 上帝, the nameless Supreme God in Chinese, and 名 is λογος, the Word through which everything was born (John 1:3).
The Chinese Union Version (CUV) of the Bible is now over a century old. Chinese believers have long accepted the mix up of 道 standing in for λογος as part of the Trinity. Despite this, the very curious part is that the Chinese language supports a very accurate translation of John 1:1 which is anti-Trinity.
The table below has an almost word for word translation from Greek to Chinese.3 Since the Protestants insist that 道 be used for λογος, that is what is used here. Every Greek definite article is translated with the closest approximate in Chinese 這 (this). Even the Greek και (and) is given a Chinese equivalent 也. The proper Chinese term for the one Supreme God, 上帝, stands in for τον θεον (the God). Only the ending requires a re-arrangement from the Greek to bring out the emphasis on a god
was the Word in Chinese. 就是 is emphatic. 這道 (this Dao) 就是 (emphatically is) 神 (a god). [The Chinese word 神 denotes lesser deities, vastly inferior to the Supreme God 上帝.]
| Ἐν | αρχη | ην | ο | λογος | και | ο | λογος | ην | προς | τον | θεον | και | ο | λογος | ην | θεος |
| In | beginning | was | The | Word | and | The | Word | was | towards | The | God | and | The | Word | was | a god |
| 起 初 | 有 | 這 | 道 | 也 | 這 | 道 | 向 著 | 上 帝 | 也 | 這 | 道 | 就是 | 神 | |||
Compare this almost slavish translation of John 1:1 with the Chinese Union Version (CUV) of the same verse.
太初有道,道與 神同在,道就是 神
There are only 13 characters in the CUV. Many Greek words were dropped relying on the context and sense of the Chinese characters themselves. This only works if the person has a Christian or Western mindset to begin with.
| 太 初 | Beginning/Great beginning | Using the character 太 was an effort to magnify the beginning, and or interpret from the English, which is In the beginning.There is no definite article for beginningin the Greek. Nor is there anything indicating this beginning was special or great. It was an effort to elevate the character 道 (The Word). |
| 有 道 | have/is Dao | In Chinese, in order to have somethingthat thing must exist. Thus have Daois equivalent to is Daowhere Dao exists. But there are no verb conjugations in Chinese. Thus 有道 could be is Daoor was Dao. One could clearly specify the tense in Chinese, but this would create a much longer phrase. In this case, the CUV depends on the reader already having a Christian understanding. |
| 道 與 神 | Dao with god(s) | As there is no indication of tense or plural, these characters could mean Dao is with a god, Dao is with gods, Dao was with a god, or Dao was with gods. |
| 同 在 | together present | This is another effort to interpret the Greek as supporting the Trinity. |
| 道 就 是 神 | Dao is (emphatically) god(s) | Again these characters could be interpreted four ways. Dao really is a god, Dao really is gods, Dao really was a god, or Dao really was gods. Once again this was interpreted from the theory of the Trinity and not from the Greek text. |
In the CUV, either the Supreme God 上帝 is equated with lesser deities or completely missing. The CUV of John 1:1 has numeric features because the true meaning of the characters leaves the Supreme God completely out of the picture. It really isn't a translation at all but an interpretation to try put the Trinity into the Chinese version of John 1:1. It has numeric features because God is left out, and The Word is a lesser god 神. This is in reality anti-Trinity.
The careful reader will notice two empty spaces just before the two occurrences of the character 神 in the CUV. These spaces were meant to alert the reader that 神 refers to 上帝. The empty space was to indicate there really was supposed to be a different term in use. But the translators just couldn't bring themselves to use the proper term 上帝 because it was singular. They wanted 神 because it could be singular and plural and match their idea of the Trinity.
Why was the CUV translated this way? The Hebrew version of John 1:1 explains it. אלהים (Elohim) was chosen because it was considered singular and plural for the translators at that time. Chinese characters have no singular and plural forms. 神 (god/s) can be singular or plural depending on the context. As there was no other word for god(s)
in Chinese, 神 was chosen to push the Trinity. 上帝 (The Supreme God) was not chosen because the term is one of the few to be exclusively singular. But in John 1:1 this just equated The Word, Jesus, with inferior deities.
On the other hand, the word for word translation is something else entirely. It is clearly anti-Trinity specifically stating that The Word is a god, and not the Supreme God. Since there are no letters in Chinese, there are no features with the first and last letters of each word. However, the Chinese text has complementary opposites, a type of Alpha and Omega. It has balanced numeric features like Yin and Yang. (Click for the conversion of Chinese characters to numbers.)
D.1
| 起 | 初 | 有 | 這 | 道 | 也 | 這 | 道 | 向 |
| 3104 | 1709 | 628 | 3888 | 5381 | 30 | 3888 | 5381 | 535 |
| 著 | 上 | 帝 | 也 | 這 | 道 | 就 | 是 | 神 |
| 4508 | 24 | 1939 | 30 | 3888 | 5381 | 4111 | 2064 | 2924 |
Numeric total: 49413 = 3 x 7 x 13 x 181.
D.1.1Odd positioned characters from D.1:
3104 628 5381 3888 535 24 30 5381 2064
Total: 21035 = 5 x 7 x 601.
D.1.2Even positioned characters from D.1:
1709 3888 30 5381 4508 1939 3888 4111 2924
Total: 28378 = 2 x 7 x 2027.
D.1.3Odd positioned groups of 3 characters from D.1:
3888 5381 30 4508 24 1939 4111 2064 2924
Total: 24869 = 13 x 1913.
D.1.4Even positioned groups of 3 characters from D.1:
3104 1709 628 3888 5381 535 30 3888 5381
Total: 24544 = 25 x 13 x 59.
D.1.5Odd positioned groups of 6 characters from D.1:
3888 5381 535 4508 24 1939
Total: 16275 = 3 x 52 x 7 x 31.
D.1.6Even positioned groups of 6 characters from D.1:
3104 1709 628 3888 5381 30 30 3888 5381 4111 2064 2924
Total: 33138 = 2 x 32 x 7 x 263.
D.1.7First half of the characters from D.1:
3104 1709 628 3888 5381 30 3888 5381 535
Total: 24544 = 25 x 13 x 59. (The total is an even number. It ends with 535, the only character with symmetrical digits. It is as if this number was selected so the halfway point would be more visible.)
D.1.8Last half of the characters from D.1:
4508 24 1939 30 3888 5381 4111 2064 2924
Total: 24869 = 13 x 1913.
D.2.1Odd valued characters (seven of them):
1709 5381 5381 535 1939 5381 4111
Total: 24437 = 7 x 3491.
D.2.2Even valued characters:
3104 628 3888 30 3888 4508 24 30 3888 2064 2924
Total: 24976 = 24 x 7 x 223. SF: 238 = 2 x 7 x 17. SF: 26 = 2 x 13.
Positions of the even valued characters: 104 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 13.
D.2.3The difference between the odd and even valued characters produces an extra 7: 539 = 72 x 11.
D.3.1Characters whose first digit is odd:
3104 1709 3888 5381 30 3888 5381 535 1939 30 3888 5381
Total: 35154 = 2 x 34 x 7 x 31. SF: 52 = 22 x 13.
D.3.2Characters whose first digit is even:
628 4508 24 4111 2064 2924
Total: 14259 = 3 x 72 x 97.
D.4.1也 is the only character to appear twice, or an even number of times in the verse. They sandwich the six characters in the middle of the passage.
3888 5381 535 4508 24 1939
Total: 16275 = 3 x 52 x 7 x 31.
D.4.2Only two characters appeared three times, 這 and 道. Their values: 3888 + 5381 = 9269 (13 x 23 x 31).
D.4.3Characters that appeared only once:
24 535 628 1709 1939 2064 2924 3104 4111 4508
Total: 21546 = 2 x 34 x 7 x 19.
D.5As there is one God, the digit 1 in unique and special. And as 1 indicates there is something, the corresponding opposite is 0 indicating the absence of something.
D.5.1Six characters have values containing the digit zero.
1 2 6 10 13 17 3104 1709 30 4508 30 2064
The sum of the positions: 49 = 72 SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
The sum of the values: 11445 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 109.
D.5.2Precisely seven character values have a digit of 1.
1 2 5 8 12 15 16 3104 1709 5381 5381 1939 5381 4111
Total of the character values: 27006 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 643.
D.5.3Why are there six characters with a digit 0, and seven with a digit 1? Six plus seven is thirteen.
D.5.4The two groups together are naturally divisible by 7: 38451 = 3 x 7 x 1831. The sum of the factors is an extra feature: 1841 = 7 x 263.
D.5.5The difference between the two groups reveal an extra 13:
15561 = 32 x 7 x 13 x 19.
D.6.1Placing the 18 character values in a 3 x 3 x 2 block produces a perimeter total from all the levels: 40144 (24 x 13 x 193).
D.6.2The inside totals 9269 (13 x 23 x 31).
D.6.3The 8 corners: 21637 = 7 x 11 x 281. SF: 299 = 13 x 23.
D.6.4First and last columns: 30966 = 2 x 3 x 13 x 397.
D.6.5Middle columns: 18447 = 3 x 11 x 13 x 43. SF: 70 = 2 x 5 x 7.
SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
Since there are no letters in Chinese, characters are classified in dictionaries by smaller characters within them. These are called radicals
. The radicals also have numeric values.
| a) | 起 | 初 | 有 | 這 | 道 | 也 | 這 | 道 | 向 | 著 | 上 | 帝 | 也 | 這 | 道 | 就 | 是 | 神 |
| b) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| c) | 走 | 刀 | 月 | 辵 | 辵 | 乙 | 辵 | 辵 | 口 | 艸 | 一 | 巾 | 乙 | 辵 | 辵 | 尢 | 日 | 示 |
| d) | 156 | 18 | 74 | 162 | 162 | 5 | 162 | 162 | 30 | 140 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 72 | 113 |
| e) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| f) | 1132 | 14 | 172 | 8855 | 8855 | 2 | 8855 | 8855 | 39 | 9739 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 8855 | 8855 | 50 | 170 | 413 |
a) Character. b) Number of strokes to write character. c) Radical under which character is classified in a dictionary. d) Radical order number in a dictionary. e) Number of strokes in radical. f) Numeric value of radical.
D.7.1To write these 18 characters requires 161 strokes (total of row b):
161 = 7 x 23.
D.7.2The total of the radical order numbers (row d): 1679 = 23 x 73.
D.7.3Numeric value of the radicals (row f): 64922 = 2 x 11 x 13 x 227. SF: 253 = 11 x 23. (Notice how factor 23 kept appearing. This is the number of Man, as in the average number of chromosome pairs. The Word came as a Man.)4
Working with row f), the numeric values of the radicals uncovers the following:
D.7.4Even positioned radicals:
14 8855 2 8855 9739 58 8855 50 413
Total: 36841 = 7 x 19 x 277. (There is no equivalent feature with the odd positioned radicals. This is because the radicals are one step removed from the text.)
D.7.5Odd valued radicals:
8855 8855 8855 8855 39 9739 1 8855 8855 413
Total: 63322 = 2 x 7 x 4523. (Once again there is no matching feature with the even valued radicals.)
D.7.6Characters with an odd valued dictionary radical number (DRN):
DRN: 5 1 5 43 113 CRV: 30 24 30 4111 2924
Total of the characters (CRV): 7119 = 32 x 7 x 113. SF: 126 = 2 x 32 x 7.
D.7.7Characters with an even valued dictionary radical number (DRN):
DRN: 156 18 74 162 162 162 162 30 140 50 162 162 72 CRV: 3104 1709 628 3888 5381 3888 5381 535 4508 1939 3888 5381 2064
Total of the dictionary radical numbers: 1512 = 23 x 33 x 7.
Total of the characters (CRV): 42294 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 19 x 53. SF: 84 = 22 x 3 x 7. SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
D.7.8Characters with a radical having an odd number value (RNV):
RNV: 8855 8855 8855 8855 39 9739 1 8855 8855 413 CRV: 3888 5381 3888 5381 535 4508 24 3888 5381 2924
Total of the radical values (RNV): 63322 = 2 x 7 x 4523.
Total of the character values (CRV): 35798 = 2 x 7 x 2557.
D.7.9Characters with a radical having an even number value (RNV):
RNV: 1132 14 172 2 58 2 50 170 CRV: 3104 1709 628 30 1939 30 4111 2064
Total of the character values (CRV): 13615 = 5 x 7 x 389.
Chinese characters having numeric features is one thing. Their radicals having numeric features is something else. The fact that the entire Chinese language vocabulary is less than 50,000 characters, compared with English with over a million, means there is less choice to make things work. This stretches beyond coincidence.
Including The Preposition In
& Specifying Tense
The above translation into Chinese still lacks two aspects of the Greek text, the preposition In
for In the beginning
and the imperfect tense. Although both could be implied, they are not clearly stated. A reader who was unfamiliar with Christianity might come to a different understanding. This is especially true with the use of 道 (the Way) for The Word.
The table below amends some of these deficiencies. With some vocabulary changes, a literal translation with numeric features can still be constructed. The Catholic term 聖言 (Holy/Sacred Word) is used in place of 道. It is a more accurate reflection of the Greek ο λογος (The Word) even though there is no word for holy in the text.
| Ἐν | αρχη | ην | ο | λογος | και | ο | λογος | ην |
| In | beginning | was | The | Word | and | The | Word | was |
| 起頭 | 內在 | 已有 | 這 | 聖言 | 也 | 聖言 | 已 | |
| Beginning | in(side) | already have/was | this | Holy-Word | also | Holy-Word | already | |
| προς | τον | θεον | και | ο | λογος | ην | θεος | |
| nearing | The | God | and | The | Word | was | a-god | |
| 走近 | 上帝 | 也 | 聖言 | 已就是 | 神 | |||
| heading near | The-God | also | Holy-Word | already emphatically was | a-god | |||
With the use of 聖言 (Holy Word), the specifier 這 (this) is only used at the outset for the Greek definite article. After this, the reader knows 這 is implied even if it is not written. 聖言 (Holy Word) in itself sets it apart from other 言 (words) thereby lessening the need for 這 (this).
| 起 | 頭 | 內 | 在 | 已 | 有 | 這 | 聖 | 言 | 也 | 聖 | 言 |
| 3104 | 7194 | 123 | 547 | 56 | 628 | 3888 | 5173 | 1126 | 30 | 5173 | 1126 |
| 已 | 走 | 近 | 上 | 帝 | 也 | 聖 | 言 | 已 | 就 | 是 | 神 |
| 56 | 1132 | 1714 | 24 | 1939 | 30 | 5173 | 1126 | 56 | 4111 | 2064 | 2924 |
ENumeric total: 48517 = 7 x 29 x 239. The sum of the factors is not divisible by 7: 275 = 52 x 11, but the sum of these factors in the next level is: 21 = 3 x 7. Then the sum of these factors is again not divisible by 7: 10 = 2 x 5, but the final end of the factors is: 7. This on and off again pattern is very appropriate for The Word which is not God.
In the previous translation into Chinese, the total 49413 (3 x 7 x 13 x 181) had factors of 7 and 13, (a 1 in 91 chance) but the sum of the factors went nowhere. With this more accurate translation, the total has three levels of 7, or a 1 in 343 chance.
Also in the previous translation, in feature D.1, eight alternating groups (odd/even positioned) were possible. With this translation, 80 groups are possible.
E.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1:
3104 123 56 3888 1126 5173 56 1714 1939 5173 56 2064
Total: 24472 = 23 x 7 x 19 x 23.
E.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1:
7194 547 628 5173 30 1126 1132 24 30 1126 4111 2924
Total: 24045 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 229.
E.1.2.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.2:
7194 628 30 1132 30 4111
Total: 13125 = 3 x 54 x 7.
E.1.2.1.1Odd positioned groups of 2 from E.1.2.1:
7194 628 30 4111
Total: 11963 = 7 x 1709. SF: 1716 = 22 x 3 x 11 x 13.
E.1.2.1.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.2.1.1:
7194 30
Total: 7224 = 23 x 3 x 7 x 43.
E.1.2.1.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.2.1.1:
628 4111
Total: 4739 = 7 x 677.
E.1.2.1.2Even positioned groups of 2 from E.1.2.1:
30 1132
Total: 1162 = 2 x 7 x 83.
E.1.2.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.2:
547 5173 1126 24 1126 2924
Total: 10920 = 23 x 3 x 5 x 7 x 13.
E.1.2.2.1First half of 3 from E.1.2.2:
24 1126 2924
Total: 4074 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 97.
E.1.2.2.2Last half of 3 from E.1.2.2:
547 5173 1126
Total: 6846 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 163. SF: 175 = 52 x 7.
E.1.2.2.2.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.2.2.2:
547 1126
Total: 1673 = 7 x 239.
E.1.2.2.2.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.2.2.2:
5173
Total: 5173 = 7 x 739.
E.1.2.3Odd positioned groups of 3 from E.1.2:
7194 547 628 1132 24 30
Total: 9555 = 3 x 5 x 72 x 13. SF: 35 = 5 x 7.
E.1.2.4Even positioned groups of 3 from E.1.2:
5173 30 1126 1126 4111 2924
Total: 14490 = 2 x 32 x 5 x 7 x 23.
E.1.3Odd positioned groups of 4 from E.1:
3104 7194 123 547 1126 30 5173 1126 1939 30 5173 1126
Total: 26691 = 3 x 7 x 31 x 41.
E.1.3.1Odd positioned groups of 4 from E.1.3:
3104 7194 123 547 1939 30 5173 1126
Total: 19236 = 22 x 3 x 7 x 229.
E.1.3.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.1:
3104 123 1939 5173
Total: 10339 = 72 x 211.
E.1.3.1.1.1First half of 2 from E.1.3.1.1:
3104 123
Total: 3227 = 7 x 461. SF: 468 = 22 x 32 x 13.
E.1.3.1.1.2Last half of 2 from E.1.3.1.1:
1939 5173
Total: 7112 = 23 x 7 x 127. SF: 140 = 22 x 5 x 7.
E.1.3.1.1.2.1 First half of E.1.3.1.1.2:
1939
Total: 1939 = 7 x 277.
E.1.3.1.1.2.2 Last half of E.1.3.1.1.2:
5173
Total: 5173 = 7 x 739.
E.1.3.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.1:
7194 547 30 1126
Total: 8897 = 7 x 31 x 41.
E.1.3.1.2.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.1.2:
7194 30
Total: 7224 = 23 x 3 x 7 x 43.
E.1.3.1.2.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.1.2:
547 1126
Total: 1673 = 7 x 239.
E.1.3.2Even positioned groups of 4 from E.1.3:
1126 30 5173 1126
Total: 7455 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 71.
E.1.3.3First half of 6 from E.1.3:
5173 1126 1939 30 5173 1126
Total: 14567 = 7 x 2081.
E.1.3.3.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.3:
5173 1939 5173
Total: 12285 = 33 x 5 x 7 x 13.
E.1.3.3.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.3.1:
5173 5173
Total: 10346 = 2 x 7 x 739.
E.1.3.3.1.1.1 First half of E.1.3.3.1.1:
5173
Total: 5173 = 7 x 739.
E.1.3.3.1.1.2 Last half of E.1.3.3.1.1:
5173
Total: 5173 = 7 x 739.
E.1.3.3.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.3.1:
1939
Total: 1939 = 7 x 277.
E.1.3.3.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.3.3:
1126 30 1126
Total: 2282 = 2 x 7 x 163.
E.1.3.4Last half of 6 from E.1.3:
3104 7194 123 547 1126 30
Total: 12124 = 22 x 7 x 433.
E.1.4Even positioned groups of 4 from E.1:
56 628 3888 5173 56 1132 1714 24 56 4111 2064 2924
Total: 21826 = 2 x 7 x 1559. SF: 1568 = 25 x 72.
E.1.4.1Odd positioned groups of 4 from E.1.4:
56 628 3888 5173 56 4111 2064 2924
Total: 18900 = 22 x 33 x 52 x 7.
E.1.4.1.1Odd positioned groups of 2 from E.1.4.1:
56 628 56 4111
Total: 4851 = 32 x 72 x 11.
E.1.4.1.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.4.1.1:
56 56
Total: 112 = 24 x 7.
E.1.4.1.1.1.1 First half of E.1.4.1.1.1:
56
Total: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13.
E.1.4.1.1.1.2 Last half of E.1.4.1.1.1:
56
Total: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13.
E.1.4.1.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.4.1.1:
628 4111
Total: 4739 = 7 x 677.
E.1.4.1.2Even positioned groups of 2 from E.1.4.1:
3888 5173 2064 2924
Total: 14049 = 32 x 7 x 223.
E.1.4.2Even positioned groups of 4 from E.1.4:
56 1132 1714 24
Total: 2926 = 2 x 7 x 11 x 19. SF: 39 = 3 x 13.
E.1.5Odd positioned groups of 8 from E.1:
3104 7194 123 547 56 628 3888 5173 1939 30 5173 1126 56 4111 2064 2924
Total: 38136 = 23 x 3 x 7 x 227.
E.1.5.1Odd positioned groups of 4 from E.1.5:
3104 7194 123 547 1939 30 5173 1126
Total: 19236 = 22 x 3 x 7 x 229.
E.1.5.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.5.1:
3104 123 1939 5173
Total: 10339 = 72 x 211.
E.1.5.1.1.1First half of 2 from E.1.5.1.1:
3104 123
Total: 3227 = 7 x 461. SF: 468 = 22 x 32 x 13.
E.1.5.1.1.2Last half of 2 from E.1.5.1.1:
1939 5173
Total: 7112 = 23 x 7 x 127. SF: 140 = 22 x 5 x 7.
E.1.5.1.1.2.1 First half of E.1.5.1.1.2:
1939
Total: 1939 = 7 x 277.
E.1.5.1.1.2.2 Last half of E.1.5.1.1.2:
5173
Total: 5173 = 7 x 739.
E.1.5.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.5.1:
7194 547 30 1126
Total: 8897 = 7 x 31 x 41.
E.1.5.1.2.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.5.1.2:
7194 30
Total: 7224 = 23 x 3 x 7 x 43.
E.1.5.1.2.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.5.1.2:
547 1126
Total: 1673 = 7 x 239.
E.1.5.2Even positioned groups of 4 from E.1.5:
56 628 3888 5173 56 4111 2064 2924
Total: 18900 = 22 x 33 x 52 x 7.
E.1.5.2.1Odd positioned groups of 2 from E.1.5.2:
56 628 56 4111
Total: 4851 = 32 x 72 x 11.
E.1.5.2.1.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.5.2.1:
56 56
Total: 112 = 24 x 7.
E.1.5.2.1.1.1 First half of from E.1.5.2.1.1:
56
Total: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13.
E.1.5.2.1.1.2 Last half of from E.1.5.2.1.1:
56
Total: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13.
E.1.5.2.1.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.5.2.1:
628 4111
Total: 4739 = 7 x 677.
E.1.5.2.2Even positioned groups of 2 from E.1.5.2:
3888 5173 2064 2924
Total: 14049 = 32 x 7 x 223.
E.1.5.3First half of 8 from E.1.5:
3104 7194 123 547 56 628 3888 5173
Total: 20713 = 7 x 11 x 269. SF: 287 = 7 x 41.
E.1.5.4Last half of 8 from E.1.5:
1939 30 5173 1126 56 4111 2064 2924
Total: 17423 = 7 x 19 x 131.
E.1.6Even positioned groups of 8 from E.1:
1126 30 5173 1126 56 1132 1714 24
Total: 10381 = 7 x 1483.
E.1.6.1First half of 4 from E.1.6:
1126 30 5173 1126
Total: 7455 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 71.
E.1.6.2Last half of 4 from E.1.6:
56 1132 1714 24
Total: 2926 = 2 x 7 x 11 x 19. SF: 39 = 3 x 13.
E.1.7First half of 12 from E.1:
56 1132 1714 24 1939 30 5173 1126 56 4111 2064 2924
Total: 20349 = 32 x 7 x 17 x 19. SF: 49 = 72. SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
E.1.8Last half of 12 from E.1:
3104 7194 123 547 56 628 3888 5173 1126 30 5173 1126
Total: 28168 = 23 x 7 x 503.
E.1.8.1Odd positioned groups of 2 from E.1.8:
3104 7194 56 628 1126 30
Total: 12138 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 172.
E.1.8.2Even positioned groups of 2 from E.1.8:
123 547 3888 5173 5173 1126
Total: 16030 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 229.
E.1.8.2.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.8.2:
123 3888 5173
Total: 9184 = 25 x 7 x 41.
E.1.8.2.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.8.2:
547 5173 1126
Total: 6846 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 163. SF: 175 = 52 x 7.
E.1.8.2.2.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.8.2.2:
547 1126
Total: 1673 = 7 x 239.
E.1.8.2.2.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.8.2.2:
5173
Total: 5173 = 7 x 739.
E.1.8.3Odd positioned groups of 3 from E.1.8:
3104 7194 123 3888 5173 1126
Total: 20608 = 27 x 7 x 23.
E.1.8.3.1Odd positioned groups of 1 from E.1.8.3:
3104 123 5173
Total: 8400 = 24 x 3 x 52 x 7. SF: 28 = 22 x 7.
E.1.8.3.2Even positioned groups of 1 from E.1.8.3:
7194 3888 1126
Total: 12208 = 24 x 7 x 109.
E.1.8.3.3Odd positioned groups of 2 from E.1.8.3:
3104 7194 5173 1126
Total: 16597 = 7 x 2371.
E.1.8.3.4Even positioned groups of 2 from E.1.8.3:
123 3888
Total: 4011 = 3 x 7 x 191.
E.1.8.4Even positioned groups of 3 from E.1.8:
547 56 628 30 5173 1126
Total: 7560 = 23 x 33 x 5 x 7.
E.1.8.4.1Odd positioned groups of 2 from E.1.8.4:
547 56 5173 1126
Total: 6902 = 2 x 7 x 17 x 29.
E.1.8.4.2Even positioned groups of 2 from E.1.8.4:
628 30
Total: 658 = 2 x 7 x 47. SF: 56 = 23 x 7. SF: 13.
E.2.1Odd valued characters (7 of them just like D.2.1):
123 547 5173 5173 1939 5173 4111
Total: 22239 = 32 x 7 x 353.
E.2.2Even valued characters:
3104 7194 56 628 3888 1126 30 1126 56 1132 1714 24 30 1126 56 2064 2924
Total: 26278 = 2 x 7 x 1877.
E.2.2.1Odd positioned characters from the list in E.2.2:
3104 56 3888 30 56 1714 30 56 2924
Total: 11858 = 2 x 72 x 112.
E.2.2.2Even positioned characters from the list in E.2.2:
7194 628 1126 1126 1132 24 1126 2064
Total: 14420 = 22 x 5 x 7 x 103. SF: 119 = 7 x 17.
E.3.1Characters where the first digit is odd:
3104 7194 123 547 56 3888 5173 1126 30 5173 1126 56 1132 1714 1939 30 5173 1126 56
Total: 38766 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 13 x 71.
E.3.2Characters where the first digit is even:
628 24 4111 2064 2924
Total: 9751 = 72 x 199.
E.4In D.4, 也 was the only character appearing an even number of times in the text. It sandwiched six characters whose total was a multiple of 7. There is nothing like that this time. 也 now sandwiches seven characters, but the total yields nothing. However, 也 is now the tenth and eighteenth characters of the passage: 10 + 18 = 28 (22 x 7).
E.5In D.5, the total of characters with a digit of 1 or 0 in their numbers were both individually divisible by 7. This is no longer true here.
Characters with a digit of 1: 3104 7194 123 5173 1126 5173 1126 1132 1714 1939 5173 1126 4111
Total: 38214 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 11 x 193
Characters with a digit of 0: 3104 30 30 2064
Total: 5228 = 2 x 2 x 1307.
Although these two individual groups have no feature, together are divisible by 7: 40278 = 2 x 3 x 72 x 137. SF: 156 = 22 x 3 x 13. (There are two factors of 7, and the sum of the factors has a factor of 13. It is as if this is making up for the individual groups not having features.)
E.5.1The positions of characters with a digit of zero:
1 10 18 23
Total: 52 = 22 x 13. (There is no corresponding feature with the positions of the characters with a digit of 1.)
E.6Placing the 24 character values into a 8 x 3 rectangle produces features different from those in D.6.
E.6.1Perimeter of the rectangle: 39286 = 2 x 13 x 1511. SF: 1526 = 2 x 7 x 109. (There is no matching feature with what is inside the rectangle.)
E.6.2First and last rows: 38136 = 23 x 3 x 7 x 227.
E.6.3First row: 20713 = 7 x 11 x 269. SF: 287 = 7 x 41.
E.6.4Last row: 17423 = 7 x 19 x 131.
E.6.5Middle row: 10381 = 7 x 1483.
In following more of the Greek, this translation does not have some of the features like the previous one. The radicals for the characters have no features. However, this translation has other features not found in section D.
E.7The values of the letters of God’s name in Hebrew (10-5-6-5) can be applied in four different ways.
E.7.1The letters of the name point to four Chinese characters in John 1:1.
Letter value from the Name: 10 5 6 5 Character in John 1:1: 30 56 628 56
Total: 770 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 11.
E.7.2The letters are used seven times to count through the text.
a) 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 b) 10 15 21 26 12 17 23 28 14 19 25 6 16 21 27 8 c) 10 15 21 2 12 17 23 4 14 19 1 6 16 21 3 8 d) 30 1714 56 7194 1126 1939 2064 547 1132 5173 3104 628 24 56 123 5173 a) 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 (Value from name.) b) 18 23 29 10 20 25 7 12 22 27 9 14 (Count.) c) 18 23 5 10 20 1 7 12 22 3 9 14 (Adjusted to 24.) d) 30 2064 56 30 1126 3104 3888 1126 4111 123 1126 1132 (Character found.)
Total: 47999 = 7 x 6857. SF: 6864 = 24 x 3 x 11 x 13. SF: 35 = 5 x 7.
E.7.2.1The first character found is 30. The last character found is 1132. First and last characters found by applying the name 7 times: 1162 = 2 x 7 x 83. SF: 92 = 22 x 23.
E.7.2.1.1First half of the characters found from E.7.2.1:
30 1714 56 7194 1126 1939 2064 547 1132 5173 3104 628 24 56
Total: 24787 = 7 x 3541.
E.7.2.1.2Last half of the characters found from E.7.2.1:
123 5173 30 2064 56 30 1126 3104 3888 1126 4111 123 1126 1132
Total: 23212 = 22 x 7 x 829. SF: 840 = 23 x 3 x 5 x 7. SF: 21 = 3 x 7.
E.7.3The letters are used 13 times to count through the characters.
a) 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 b) 10 15 21 26 12 17 23 28 14 19 25 6 16 21 27 8 c) 10 15 21 2 12 17 23 4 14 19 1 6 16 21 3 8 d) 30 1714 56 7194 1126 1939 2064 547 1132 5173 3104 628 24 56 123 5173 a) 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 b) 18 23 29 10 20 25 7 12 22 27 9 14 24 29 11 c) 18 23 5 10 20 1 7 12 22 3 9 14 24 5 11 d) 30 2064 56 30 1126 3104 3888 1126 4111 123 1126 1132 2924 56 5173 a) 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 b) 16 26 7 13 18 28 9 15 20 30 11 17 22 32 13 19 c) 16 2 7 13 18 4 9 15 20 6 11 17 22 8 13 19 d) 24 7194 3888 56 30 547 1126 1714 1126 628 5173 1939 4111 5173 56 5173 a) 5 10 5 6 5 (Letter value from the Name.) b) 24 34 15 21 26 (Count.) c) 24 10 15 21 2 (Count adjusted to 24 characters.) d) 2924 30 1714 56 7194 (Character found.)
Total: 106028 = 22 x 13 x 2039.
E.7.3.1The first character found is 30. The last character is 7194. First and last characters found by applying the name 13 times: 7224 = 23 x 3 x 7 x 43.
E.7.3.1.1Odd valued characters found in E.7.3.1:
1939 547 5173 123 5173 4111 123 5173 547 5173 1939 4111 5173 5173
Total: 44478 = 2 x 32 x 7 x 353. (There is no corresponding feature for the even valued characters.)
E.7.3.1.2Characters found in E.7.3.1 where the first digit is even:
2064 628 24 2064 4111 2924 24 628 4111 2924
Total: 19502 = 2 x 72 x 199. (There is no matching feature where the first digit is odd valued.)
E.7.4Since there are only 24 characters in the translation and the Name has four letters, the thirteenth time that the letters are applied is simply a repeat of the first time. Running the letters of the Name only 12 times would subtract the last four results in E.7.3: 97034 = 2 x 7 x 29 x 239. The result is still divisible by 7.
E.8The Chinese title for God, 上帝, is strategically placed in the passage. The 24 characters are added one by one with the cumulative total in the third column.
Character Character Cumulative Position Value Total 1 3104 3104 2 7194 10298 3 123 10421 4 547 10968 5 56 11024 6 628 11652 7 3888 15540 8 5173 20713 9 1126 21839 10 30 21869 11 5173 27042 12 1126 28168 13 56 28224 14 1132 29356 15 1714 31070 16 24 31094 17 1939 33033 18 30 33063 19 5173 38236 20 1126 39362 21 56 39418 22 4111 43529 23 2064 45593 24 2924 48517
E.8.1At the 16th character position, the cumulative total is 31094 = 2 x 7 x 2221. It is the fifth time the cumulative total is divisible by 7, and it just so happens to be 上, the first character of 上帝, the title for God.
E.8.2At the 17th character position (the second character of 上帝), the cumulative total is now 33033, a perfectly symmetrical number. The threes are reminiscent of Revelation 1:8, where God said He is, was, and is to come.
They are also three as in Alpha and Omega
, Beginning and End
, and is, was and is to come.
33033 = 3 x 7 x 112 x 13. Even the factors show God, with 7, 13, and 11 twice (the one God first and last). This is the only part where the cumulative total is divisible by 7 and 13.
E.8.3The fifteen characters before 上帝 have a total of 31070 (2 x 5 x 13 x 239. SF: 259 = 7 x 37).
E.8.4The seven characters after 上帝 total 15484 (22 x 72 x 79).
E.8.5The seven characters before 上帝, plus 上帝, and the seven characters after 上帝: 27804 = 22 x 3 x 7 x 331.
Conclusion
The original Greek text of John 1:1 had no numeric total divisible by 7 and or 13. Translating into Hebrew, and English by following the Greek as closely as possible minimized alternative word choices severely and thus did not require any aid from a computer. It was as if there were only one or two choices. Character choices for the Chinese translations came to 2,228,000 combinations, and this required a computer. This was much less than for previous experiments. Astonishingly, the Hebrew and English phrases produced numeric features almost with no editing. The Chinese translations produced numeric features that were highly organized. The closer the translation was to the Greek, the fewer the number of tries necessary to find something. How is it possible that three language versions faithful to the Greek could easily be constructed and have numeric features? It was possible by not holding to the Trinity. One can only conclude it was meant to be this way.
Notes
- Greek text is from The Nestle-Aland 27th Edition of the Greek New Testament (GNT), Copyright © 1966, 1968, 1975, 1993-1994 United Bible Societies.
The English is from the database in Bibleworks 3.0 by Hermeneutika, Michael S. Bushell, 1995. - See entry for מוּל on pages 16 and 168 of A complete Hebrew-English Pocket-Dictionary to the Old Testament, compiled by Professor Karl Feyerabend, Ph.d, Langenscheidt, Cothen, Germany, 3rd edition, 1910.
–almost word for word translation—
The Greek Ἐν αρχη (In the beginning) is specific with the prepositionἘν
meaning inside the beginning. The sense can be inferred with the Chinese characters 起初, but it is not literally stated. The Greek definite article with the word for God τον θεον specifiesThe God.
The Chinese 上帝 is a unique title reserved for the one and only nameless Supreme God and requires no definite article or specifier like 這道 (this Dao) standing in forThe Word.
The translation is almost word for word, but not quite due to language differences.
The Greek Ἐν αρχη (In the beginning) means The Word was not before or after the beginning, but within the beginning. How close was The Word to the very beginning of the beginning, or how far into the beginning was The Word is unstated. The Greek is clear The Word had an origin. This agrees with Isaiah 45:23 and Isaiah 55:11. Words are spoken. It is God who speaks The Word, and thus The Word has a beginning but no end.
As there is no definite article with αρχη (beginning) one can only assume this isa beginning
not the beginning. The only true beginning has to be God, but since God has no beginning (Psalm 90:2), this explains why John 1:1 reads Ἐν αρχη with no definite article:a beginning
. Given the context, it is our beginning.- The total for the radicals, 64922, is larger than the total for their characters, 49413. This is because the radicals are not positioned at the beginning of the list of characters in Big5.