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Mk 8:31c ... and to be rejected under the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, ...

The third, fourth, and fifth phrases have these 11 narrator words ... kai apodokimasthēnai hupo tōn presbuterōn, kai tōn archiereōn, kai tōn grammateōn (and to be rejected under the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, ...).

The 11 narrator words are bottom up. The 5 words "kai apodokimasthēnai hupo tōn presbuterōn" (and to be rejected under the elders) are tangent to the 2 triangles tangent to Jesus and the elders. The 4 words "kai tōn archiereōn kai" (and the chief priests and) are tangent to the triangle tangent to the chief priests. The 2 words "tōn grammateōn" (the scribes) are tangent to the 2 triangles holding the scribes. This diagram foreshadows the night trial of Jesus before the Jewish authorities in Jerusalem. The large number of words, symmetry, and tangency show these words and this diagram were most likely composed together.

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