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Mk 4:38a ... And he was in the stern upon the cushion down-sleeping.

Verse 38 has 5 phrases containing 22 words. The 1st and 2nd phrases have these 10 narrator words ... Kai autos ēn en tē prumnē, epi to proskefalaion katheudōn (And he was in the stern, upon the 'thing-for-the-head' down-sleeping).

The 10 narrator words are top down. The boats of God, Jesus, and the Twelve are tangent to each other and can be seen together as one boat. The word "prumnē" (stern) is directly above and tangent to the boat of Jesus and to his sleeping head. The word "proskefalaion" comes from "pros" (towards, for) and "kefale" (the head), meaning "a thing for the head, a pillow, or a cushion. If the 4 words "epi to proskefalaion katheudōn" (upon the 'cushion' down-sleeping) are all tangent to the 'cushion' on which Jesus was sleeping, the size of that pillow must be a Christ circle (1480).

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