{That no man should be able to buy or to sell} (hina m(880a)tis dun(8874)ai agorasai (8820)p(936c)(8873)ai). Final clause with hina and
present middle subjunctive of dunamai with aorist active
infinitives. This is a regular boycott (Ramsay, _Seven Letters_,
p. 106f.) against all not worshippers of the emperor. {Save} (ei
m(885c)). "If not," "except." {Even the name} (	o onoma). No
"even," just apposition with charagma (the mark). {Or the
number} ((8820)ton arithmon). The stamp (the mark) may bear either
the name or the number of the beast. The name and the number are
one and the same. They could write the name in numerals, for
numbers were given by letters. Swete suggests that it was
"according to a sort of gematria known to the Apocalyptist and
his Asian readers, but not generally intelligible."