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Jn 1:38b ... They yet said to him, "Rabbi," which means being translated, "Teacher."

The second sentence has 4 phrases containing 9 words plus one understood word that needs to be repeated. The two disciples respond to Jesus with these 7 narrator and 2 dialog words ... Hoi de eipan autō, Rabbi, ho legetai methermēneuomenon, Didaskale (They yet said to him, "Rabbi," which means being translated, "Teacher.").

Diagram 1: The 2 phrases of 5 words are bottom up. The 4 narrator words "Hoi de eipan autō" (They yet said to him) are tangent to the two disciples. The dialog word they said, "Rabbi" (Rabbi), is tangent to the lips of the two disciples, to Jesus who is a Jewish Rabbi, the Star of David (the blue hexagon), which is the sign of the title "Rabbi."

Diagram 2: The 2 phrases of 4 words are bottom up. The diagram requires the unspoken but understood dialog word "Rabbi" to be posted before the 3 narrator words "ho legetai methermēneuomenon" (which means being translated) to preserve story continuity. The 1 dialog word "Didaskale" (Teacher) is tangent to the lips of the two disciples. The answer was put on their lips by the "unseen narrator" (the author) of the gospel.

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