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Mk 3:27b ... "the vessels of him to plunder, unless not first, the strongman he binds, ..."

The third through fifth phrases have these 10 dialog words ... ta skeuē autou diarpasai, ean mē prōton ton isxuron dēsē ("the vessels of him to plunder, unless not first, the strongman he binds, ...").

The 10 words are top down. The sign of the abstract plural noun "ta skeue" (possessions, vessels) by convention is at least two gold equilateral triangles, signifying solid gold possessions such as the Temple's gold menorah. The time is now the end of the Roman Jewish War of 66-70 AD, when the Roman army commanded by Vespasian and his son Titus destroyed the House of the Strong and plundered it's possessions. This diagram shows the opponent (the Romans) binding the formerly "strong man" (the Jews). After the Roman victory, the Jews who were not killed were bound in chains and sold as slaves all over the Roman empire.

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