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Luke 14:28b ... "will-not first having-sat-down to-pebble the cost, ..."

The 2nd phrase has these 6 dialog words ... ouxi prōton kathisas spēfizei tēn dapanēn ("will-not first having-sat-down to-pebble the cost, ...").

The 6 dialog words are top down. The verb psēphizō (to calculate with pebbles) is derived from the noun "psefos" (a pebble). The diagram shows the green-eyed man sitting under the hexagram is not "pebbling the cost" inside the hexagon, he isn't even looking. The two brown eyed men are pebbling (counting) the pebbles. There are 3 columns of pebbles between the 2 white triangles on the left and right side each holding 2+5+8= 15 pebbles. There are 7 columns of pebbles under the white triangle held by Jesus holding 10 pebbles each. Therefore, the total cost inside the hexagon is 2(15) + 7(10) = 100 pebbles. Using geometry, you can see each pebble has a circumference of 444 units, half the size of a Jesus (888) circle. Now assume each pebble is a Roman silver denarius and that the cost to build the tower is 100 denarii. Let's see if the next diagram will prove it!

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