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Jn 2:12a ... After this went down to Capernaum he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples, ...

Verse 12 has four phrases containing 24 narrator words. The first three phrases have 18 narrator words in this exact order, ... Meta touto katebē eis Kafarnaoum autos kai hē mētēr autou kai hoi adelfoi autou kai hoi mathētai autou (After this went down into Capernaum he and the mother of him, and the brothers of him, and the disciples of him, ...).

The 18 words are bottom up. The first 10 words "Meta touto katebē eis Kafarnaoum autos kai hē mētēr autou" (After this went down into Capernaum he and the mother of him) are tangent to Jesus and Mary inside Capernaum. The last 8 words "kai hoi adelfoi autou kai hoi mathētai autou" (and the brothers of him, and the disciples of him) are tangent to his four brothers and his first four disciples. This verse is a good historical and gematria ending to the first sign miracle of John's gospel. Here are Jesus, his four disciples, Mary, her other four sons (obviously invited guests), leaving Cana for Capernaum. These ten people and 18 words fit in the diagram in a specific order with all the words tangent to the correct images with no room to spare.

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