Besides that:
If Revelation 13:3 indeed alludes to the Nero Redivivus legend it can be seen as proof that it was written after the year 70.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Redivivus_legend
More: it is about just one of the seven heads of the beast. It doesn't say: Nero is the beast.
If Revelation 13:3 indeed alludes to the Nero Redivivus legend it can be seen as proof that it was written after the year 70.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Redivivus_legend
Nero Redivivus Legend was a belief popular during the last part of the 1st century that Nero would return after his death in 68 AD.
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