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Originally Posted by patteeu
Did all six go back in time? I can't really remember.
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Locke was dead and did not go back in time.
Sawyer did.
Jack did.
Hurley did.
Sayid did.
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one of the Kwons (Jin) did as well. Sun did not. This lead many to beleive that Jin was the Candidate and not Sun.
The numbers seem to have a different significance to all the groups on the island. To Jacob they represented Candidates. Those 6 numbers, I believe, were assigned to those six people because of the lighthouse. The number assigned to them corresponded with the degree on the lighthouse wheel. Turn the wheel 4 degress and you see John Locke. Turn it 23 degrees and you Jack.
The numbers meant something very different to the Dharma Initiative. Though, it's never been mentioned in the show proper there was an explanation for the numbers and how/why the relate to the DI in one of the ARG's that took place during hiatus. If you want to know more about that explanation you can look through this thread, or you can do a wikipedia or lostpedia search for The Valinzetti Equation.
Of course, the show itself hasn't really said this explicitly. Some of it is just speculation. But it's speculation based on information provided from the show. I'm still holding out for a concrete, in-show, explanation.