“the hold that 1000 was the largest number the Romans had and would use the word for 1000 or any amount bigger then a 1000”
Too bad the Romans didn’t write the Book of Revelation, and it certainly wasn’t written in Latin!
We can also dispute that line of reasoning with internal evidence from Revelation itself, since it contains numbers greater than 1000 in the text:
“4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.” Rev 7:4-5
“6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.’ Rev 12:6
I said “....1000 was the largest number the Romans had and would use the word for 1000 or any amount bigger then a 1000....”
I should of said largest unit of numbers. Even all the examples you gave me were given in that x amount of that unit, I hope I said that right.
The next major unit of measurement would be a million which if I’m correct the Romans didn’t have a concept of that or at least the average Roman didn’t or talk like that. I hope you understand what I’m saying.