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Mk 10:42b ... "You know that the ones presuming to rule the nations are down-lording it over them, ..."

The third phrase has these 9 dialog words, ... Oidate hoti hoi dokountes arxein tōn ethnōn katakurieuousin autōn ("You know that the ones presuming to rule the nations are downlording it over them, ... ").

The 9 dialog words are top down. The three words "the-ones presuming to-rule" refers to the Roman military who ruled the nations (Greeks) in the Galilee as well as all the other kingdoms surrounding the Mediterranean. The word "the-ones" is plural so there must be at least two of them. The 7 words "hoi dokountes arxein tōn ethnōn katakurieuousin autōn" (the ones presuming to rule the nations downlord it over them) are tangent to the two Roman soldiers that is tangent to the rhombus dividing the four gentiles of the nations below them.

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