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Mk 8:8a ... And they ate and were stuffed full.

Verse 8 has 3 phrases containing 10 narrator words. The first phrase has these 4 words: ... Kai efagon kai exortasthēsan (And they ate and were stuffed full).

The 4 narrator words are bottom up. The Greek word khor-tad'-zo means 1) to feed animals so much food they are fattened or 2) to feed men so much food they are stuffed full. The diagram shows the "seated rectangle" representing the "number of men" is completely "stuffed full" with 98 pieces from 49 little fish. It also shows that the twelve men, representing a personification of the crowd, have eaten their fill of "fish."

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