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Mk 7:26a ... But the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by race, ...

Verse 26 has 4 phrases containing 19 narrator words. The first two phrases have these 8 words ... Hē de gunē ēn Hellēnis, Surofoinikissa tō genei (The but woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by race, ...).

The 8 narrator words are bottom up. This part of the verse is a flashback, supplying more information about the woman. During the time of Jesus the Greeks were pagans. The words Hellēnis Surofoinikissa tō genei (Greek Syrophoenician by race) are lined up tangent to the woman.

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