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Mk 4:32d ... "so that it enables under the shade of it the flyers of heaven to tent down."

The 4th phrase has these 11 dialog words, ... hoste dunasthai hupo ten skian autou ta peteina tou ouranou kataskenoun ("so that it enables under the shade of it the flyers of heaven to tent down").

The 11 dialog words are top down, tangent from the mustard tree canopies down to the flyer's enclosed in their shade. The Greek noun "petinon" is derived from the verb "petomai" meaning "to fly." The proper translation of the noun is therefore "flyer." Most bibles translate peteina as "birds" but the "flyers of heaven" can also be seen metaphorically as the "spirits of dead people" who have gone to heaven, not "birds of the air." The first 6 words are tangent to the triangle holding Jesus which is tangent to the two tree canopies. The 2 words "the shade" are almost touching the penumbra cast by the trees. The last 5 words are tangent from the crotch of the tree to the triangle of shade holding the two flyers of heaven.

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