Numerology in John's Gospel

The prologue [of John] consists of 496 syllables, appropriately since 496 is both a triangular number (It is a triangle of 31, i.e., the sum of all integers from 1 to 31.) and a perfect number (I.e., it is equal to the sum of its divisors. 496 is third in the series of perfect numbers, following 6 and 28.) and is also the numerical value of the Greek word monogenes (meaning "only son" and used in 1:14, 18). Odd though these considerations may seem to us, people in the New Testament period were fascinated by certain special sorts of numbers, including triangular and perfect numbers, and were used to the idea that words had numerical values, which were easily calculated because all the letters of the Greek alphabet were also used as numerals. But the importance of the number 496 for our immediate purpose is that it links the Prologue and the Epilogue together. For, while the Prologue has 496 syllables, the Epilogue (a considerably longer passage) has 496 words. That the correspondence should be between the number of syllables in the Prologue and the number of words in the Epilogue is quite appropriate, because the Prologue is a poetic composition, in which one might expect the number of syllables to be important, whereas the Epilogue is a narrative. Further evidence of numerical composition can be found int he fact that the two stages of the conclusion to the Gospel (20:30-31 and 21:24-25), framing the epilogue, each consists of 43 words. This provides an initial indication that they should be read together and in parallel.

Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006), 364-365.

The NIV is the Antichrist!!

Is Barney the Antichrist?

Proof that Barney, the cute purple dinosaur, is the Antichrist can be ascertained with a little numerical study of his name and description.
Given: Barney, a cute purple dinosaur.
Step 1: Extract the Roman numerals from the given.
(Remember since the Romans had no letter 'U', we must replace each instance of 'U' with a "V")
Initial conversion: BARNEY A CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVR
Roman Numercial extraction: C V V L D I V
Step 2: Add them: 100 + 5 + 5 + 50 + 500 + 1 + 5 = 666
Irrefutable proof! Christian Parents are advised to get all their kids Barney tapes and burn them!

from http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/anti.htm

Allegory

Now the (number) 18 (is represented) by two letters, J=10 and E=8—thus you have “JE,” (the abbreviation for) “JEsus.” And because the cross, represented by the letter T (=300), was destined to convey special significance, it also says 300. he makes clear, then, that JEsus is symbolized by the two letters (JE = 18), while in the one letter (T = 300) is symbolized the cross.

Barnabas 9:8-9 interpretation of Genesis 17:14 in William Klein, Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Dallas: Word, 1993), 33.