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Jn 11:02a ... It-was now Mary the-one having-anointed the Lord with-ointment, ...

Verse 2 has 3 phrases and 21 narrator words. The 1st phrase has these 8 narrator words ... ēn de Mariam ē aleipsasa ton kurion murō (It-was now Mary the-one having-anointed the Lord with-ointment, ...).

The 8 narrator words are top down, tangent to the images or actions they name. Mary the Magdelene is now revealed as the unnamed woman who anointed Jesus with costly nard in Mark 14:3. The first 3 words are tangent to Mary. The last 5 words are tangent to the stream of ointment from the broken neck of the alabastar jar to the head and feet of Jesus covered in ointment to prepare him for burial standing on the sign of his death.

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