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Mk 6:5b ... if not on-a-few sick-ones, ...

The 2nd phrase has these 4 narrator words ... ei mē oligois arrōstois (if not on-a-few not strong to leave ...).

The 4 narrator words are top down. The 2 words "ei mē" (if not) are tangent to Jesus and the triangle under him. It is now "later," but all the action has not yet occurred. The adjective "oligois" (on-a-few) seems to confirm that the previous adverb-adjective "ouk oudemian" (not not-yet-one) infers "not none" but rather "more than one." The adjective "arrostois," derived from the prefix "a" (not) and the verb rhónnumi (to-strengthen) or rhonnymi (to-leave, depart); meaning (one-not-strong, one too sick to leave). In the first century people believed chronic illness was caused by Unclean Spirits that made people too sick to escape. The diagram shows the two words "oligois arrōstois" are tangent to two Unclean Spirits holding two "sick ones." Tangent to these two Unclean Spirits are the two Powers Jesus made in the previous diagram. The next diagram will show how the text words will put Jesus in position to cure the two "sick-ones."

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