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Mk 4:17c ... "immediately they-are-snared."

The 4th phrase contains these 2 dialog words, ... euthus skandalizontai (immediately they-are-snared).

The 2 dialog words are tangent to the far ends of the signs of 'tribulation' and 'persecution.' The word "euthus" (immediately) is the cue to use the previous diagram as a template. The 8 dialog words of verse 17b are still counter-clockwise but fill the empty trapezoid under Jesus such that the words "tribulation" and "persecution" are tangent to the top of their dark triangle namesakes. The verb "skandalizó" (to stumble, to fall into a trap, to be snared, to fall away) comes from the noun "skandalon" (a snare, a stumbling-block), which causes a person to trip or fall. The diagram shows Jesus has extended his arms to the two words "euthus skandalizontai" (immediately, they-are-snared) causing the previous 8 words and the two dark triangles "tribulation" and "persecution" to drop. The 'short roots' (stumbling blocks) and the 8 seed-words (443) in these last two diagrams have immobilized and "snared" the two men.

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