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Jn 9:04a ... "We must work the works of-the-one having-sent me, ..."

Verse 4 has 3 phrases of 17 words. The 1st phrase has these 8 dialog words, ... Hēmas dei ergazesthai ta erga tou tempsantos me, ("We must work the works of-the-One having-sent me, ...").

Verse 4 is a riddle. The 8 dialog words are bottom up from the blind son, to the parents, to Jesus. The "One having-sent me" is God the Father and the Holy Spirit, the other two parts of the Trinity at the top of the graph. Since this is a story about curing a blind man, the preposition "we" refers to Jesus, the blind man, and the other two members of the Trinity. The words ergazesthai ta erga (work the works) is a riddle: The word "work" is a verb and noun. And what works "while day it is? And what works "while day it is? The answer is a person's eyes. does not work are the blind man's eyes, The diagram shows the noun "work" is the parents, their son, their eyes and the white equilateral triangles. The verb "work" will be shown in diagram 6b. The context of the word hēmara (day) is the attribute "light," the opposite of "darkness" for "night."

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