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Mk 4:8b ... "and it-gave fruit stepping-up and growing and bearing, ..."

The 2nd phrase has these 8 dialog words, ... kai edidou karpon, avabainonta, kai auksanomena, ("and it-gave fruit stepping-up and growing and bearing, ...").

The 8 words are bottom up from the ideal earth to the hands of Jesus. The 4 words "kai edidou karpon avabainonta" (and it-gave fruit stepping-up) are in line to where the intersection points of the ideal earth, the shells of the 3 seeds, and the 3 fruits come together. The verb anabainonta, comes from ana (up) and baino (to walk, rise, or step) meaning to "step-up." The diagram shows three fruit circles "stepping up" one radius at a time and so that all three fruits are tangent to the "ideal earth." The last 4 words "kai auksanomena kai eferen" (and growing and bearing) are tangent to the hands of Jesus holding the 8 words. The last 2 words "kai eferen" (and bearing) prophesize the 30 seeds the first fruit will bear."

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