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Mk 12:39b ... "and first recliners in the feasts, ..."

The 2nd phrase has these 5 dialog words, ... kai prōtoklisias en tois deipnois ("and first couches in the feasts, ...").

The 5 dialog words are top down. The sign for the noun "kai prōtoklisias" (and first-reclining couches) are these three gold equilateral triangles, one for the Rabbi and two for the top two scribes. Historically, a reclining couch was probably a padded rectangular mat. But for a gematria diagram the 5 dialog words are tangent to 3 gold triangles. The last 3 words "en tois deipnois" (in the dinners / feasts) are tangent to the sign of a "large hexagonal basket of bread" (feasts) tangent to the two nearest couches and the bottom arm of the synagogue.

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