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Mk 4:12d ... "and not they-may-understand, ..."

The 4th phrase has these 3 dialog words ... kai mē suniōsin ("and not they-may-understand, ...").

The 3 words are top down. The text uses the verb "suniemi," meaning "to set together," a synonym meaning "to understand." Its sign would be pairs or sets of white circles coming off the sides of their heads. Again the contrast is made between a physical and a mental sense. However the text says "mē suniōsin" (not set together, ie not understand) meaning the circles are "empty of understanding." The circles coming from the head of Jesus are white because He is all knowing compared to the empty circles coming from the heads of the men meaning "they do not understand" what they may have heard.

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