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Mk 8:38a ... "For who ever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, ..."

Verse 38 has three phrases and 37 dialog words. The first phrase has these 17 words ... hos gar ean epaisxunthē me kai tous emous logous en tē genea tautē tē moixaalidi kai hamartōlō ["who for ever is ashamed of me and of (the) my words in the generation this the adulterous and sinful, ..."].

Diagram 1: The 17 dialog words are top down. The 7 words touching the white triangles read: "hos gar ean epaisxunthē me emous logous" (for who ever is ashamed of me = my words). The diagram shows the man is ashamed of Jesus and the words he says. The imagery of the words matches the imagery of the diagram!

Diagram 2: The 17 dialog words are top down. The 2 words "emous logous" (my words) are tangent to the trapezoid filled with 50 circles having a circumference of 443 units, the gematria value of "o logos" (the word). Who in the world could "be ashamed" of 50 circles with a circumference of 443 units (o logos = the word) filling the top half of a hexagon, tangent to Jesus and 2 out of 17 of what he says are "my words" are exactly tangent to "o logos" (the word). The author is being ironic. Anyone should be amazed! Then the 17 words terminate tangent to "this adulterous and sinful generation." Again, amazing! Mark is probably calling anyone "sinful" who didn't figure out this gematria diagram. This diagram equates Jesus with "o logos" (the word)! Jesus is "the word!"

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