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Mk 4:17a ... "And not do-they-have a-root in themselves, but short-lived are, ..."

Verse 17 has 4 phrases and 19 dialog words. The 1st two phrases contain these 9 words ... kai ouk echousin hrizon en heautois, alla proskairoi eisin ("And not do-they-have a-root in themselves, but short-lived are, ...").

The 9 dialog words are bottom up. The 2 words "echousin hrizon" (do-they-have a-root) are tangent to the two small equilateral triangles holding the feet of the two men. The sign of "a root" is a vesica because it looks like a root. The diagram shows Jesus has 20 "roots" in himself (body 10, head 10). The two men each have one "root" in the small white triangle which now is "not in themselves." The sign of a "long life" is a large white equilatereral triangle because each side has a length of 815 units, the gematria value of zōē, meaning "life." The sign of a "short life" (proskairoi) are the two small white equilateral triangles enclosing the feet (vesicas) of the two men. Each side of the triangle belonging to them is 271.66 units with a combined perimeter of 815 units. Now you see why their root is called "short lived." The root of Jesus, 20 vesicas from the top to the bottom of the graph, and 20 vesicas in himself, gives him "eternal life."

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