Book of Luke puts Peter in his place

Distinguishing the beloved physician's gospel is his emphasis of the nickname given to Simon by Rabbi Jesus. A number denied Jesus is given to Peter, specifically, those ending with a triple-six. Luke uses the Rabbi's name 88 times (888 is the value of Ἰησοῦς) and the Rock's name (Πέτρος) 18 times in the narrative, plus once in the mouth of Jesus. (Minus the book title, Mark uses the Lord's name 77 times.)

In the category of being marked by a triple-six number, honorable mention goes to the word "God" in the devil's mouth, as book word 2666 (4:3). Matthew's book word 666 is "LORD" but in Luke 12:42 ("he said the Lord | εἶπεν ὁ κύριος"), the verb is book word 10666. Nine times there are double-six numbers attached to "Jesus": verbs five times, pronouns twice and the name twice (6566 in 8:30 as 33x88 and 8166 in 9:62 as 49x88).

Top honor goes to the short list of five words associated with Simon Peter numbered 66 or 666. In two verses with 26 words, Luke writes Πέτρον as book word 6966 (8:51), and in the only verse that his name is used twice, Luke writes τῷ Πέτρῳ as book word 17666 (22:61). Three verbs relating to Peter's actions are numbered 14466 (18:28), 7666 (9:34) and 7660 (9:33). "Rock" is book word 6066 (8:6).

Once in each book a word falls on 6666. In Matthew 12:34, "mouth" was the only one of eleven in the nominative. In Mark 10:29, Jesus "uttered," but Luke has an extraordinary character honored with 6666. A Latin word meaning regiment ("Legion"), is the name given to a man having demons, by the same. Luke 8:26-39 has "demon" six times and the first and third are book word 6488 and 6577. These verses include the first double-six numbering of the name "Jesus" (6566 at 8:30), as well as the first masculine "Mountain" (6600 at 8:32; the other is the plural at 23:30). This "Man" as book word 6666 (8:35) is obviously important as confirmed by this distinction and the rich descriptions of everything about him except a name.

Other triple-sixes are "Elizabeth" (666 at 1:41), "Despot" (1666 at 2:29), "the God" (2666 at 4:3), "witness" (3666 at 5:15), "Man-eater" (5666 at 7:34), "the grave" (18666 at 24:1), and already mentioned, "the Peter" (17666 at 22:61). Some words that are double-sixes are "Zebedee" (3566 at 5:10), "John Baptist" (7166 at 9:9), "the Lord" (11266 at 13:15), and "the Pilate" (17866 at 23:4).

Less obscure than "Man-eater" are triple-six numbers of a verb and a pronoun. Luke 15:11-32 is a story of inheritance. This parable is historically relevant with a cursory investigation of the numbers behind these three characters: the Father and his sons, the Younger and the Elder. Eight words are marked by sixes (four by book-word, four by talk-word) plus an exclusive noun. The importance accorded the Younger is confirmed thusly: "the hand of him | τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ" (12666 at 15:22), "to the father | τῷ πατρὶ" (12766 at 15:29), and lastly, "to him | αὐτῷ" (talk-word 366 of 398 at 15:31), the Elder.

A significant verb marked by a triple-six number is in the retelling of Mark's last of a dozen "recovery" stories (10:46-52). Bartimeus (son of Timeus) is not identified in Luke 18:35-43, but their names are high enough in some hierarchy to be immortalized. Seven times the verb "to up-look" is used, three times in this story alone of a "blind one," the third as book word 14666 (18:43). Judging by names named, Mark's beggar may be greater than Luke's unnamed prodigal son.

In the same chapter, Luke characterizes two men by the same action. The verb "to pray" is distinguished by its unique number, as book word 14166 at 18:10. In this parable, the actors are a Pharisee, and a tax-collector. Considering their reputations in the gospels, the verb "to prey" may have been more appropriate.