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Jn 21:5a ... Says therefore to-them Jesus, ... "Children, not any for-eating-a-little have-you?"

gematria value of verse 21:5a = 4,905 units

Verse 5 has 5 phrases and 12 words. The 1st through 3rd phrases have these 4 narrator and 5 dialog words: Legei {53} oun {520} autois {981} Iēsous {888}, Paidia {106}, mē {48} ti {310} prosfagion {1084} exete {915} (Says therefore to-them Jesus, "Children, not any for-eating-a-little have-you")? The gematria value of these 9 words is 4,905.

The 4 narrator words are counter-clockwise, the 5 dialog words are top down. Jesus calls the men as paidia (children) like a man who teases a child with a question to which he knows the answer. The word prosphagion comes from the preposition pros (towards), the verb phago (to eat), and the diminutive ion (a little). The term "for-eating-a-little" is a hint for opsarion (little-fish). The number for the noun "ixthues" (fishes) is 1224. The diagram shows 6 large fish each made from two 4440 circles having a length of 1224 units feeding tangent to the shoreline. 8 pairs of little fish, each pair with a 1224 perimeter are tangent to the boat and the shoreline.

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