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Mk 8:7a ... And they were having 'small fish a few,' ...

Verse 7 has three phrases and 11 words. The first phrase contains these 4 narrator words ... kai eixon ixthudia oliga (And they were having small fish a few, ...).

The 4 narrator words are top down. The text says ichthudia, the diminutive of ichthues (10 + 600 + 9 + 400 + 5 + 200 = 1224) meaning "two or more small fish." The sign for these "little fish" is a rhombus having sides and a width of 153 units which means each pair of fish has a perimeter of 1224 units. The width of each fish (153) is exactly equal to the diameter of a loaf of bread (481 / 3.14 = 153). This means the space between the disciples can either hold one "loaf of bread" or one "small-fish."

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