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Mk 4:40b ... "Why cowardly are-you?"

The 2nd phrase is a question with these 3 dialog words ... Ti deiloi este ("Why cowardly are you")?

The 3 dialog words are top down. The word "deilōs" (fearful, timid, cowardly), causing someone to be fainthearted or cowardly. The positive word phobos (fear) compared to the negative word deilōs (fearful) is an adjective and needs the verb "to be." The two words "deiloi este" (cowardly are you?) are tangent to the dark triangle, the noun of cowardice. Jesus is asking a question here. Jesus did not say the disciples actually were cowards, not yet. Maybe they were on the verge of being cowards.

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