![]() ![]() He signifies, therefore, Jesus by two letters, and the cross by one." Ĭlement of Alexandria (c. And because the cross was to express the grace by the letter Τ, he says also, 'Three Hundred'. The ten and the eight are thus denoted-Ten by Ι, and Eight by Η. The Epistle of Barnabas (late first century or early second) gives an allegorical interpretation of the number 318 (in Greek numerals τιη’) in the text of Book of Genesis 14:14 as intimating the crucifixion of Jesus by viewing the numerals ιη’ (18) as the initial letters of Ἰησοῦς, Iēsus, and the numeral τ’ (300) as a prefiguration of the cross: "What, then, was the knowledge given to him in this? Learn the eighteen first, and then the three hundred. The Greek letter tau was used as a numeral for 300. ![]() ![]() Crucifixion scene with a tau cross, by Konrad Witz (1400–1447) ![]()
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