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Mk 14:22d ... "Take this is the body of me."

The fifth and sixth phrases have these 6 dialog words, ... Labete, touto estin to sōma mou ("Take, this is the body of me").

The 6 words are counter-clockwise. On seeing the words and signs together, the two phrases become one phrase. The 2 word command "Labete mou" (take of me) refers to the basket of bread, a metaphore for the body of Jesus. The command "take of me" links the basket of bread, the hands of Jesus, the four Passover triangles, and the twelve disciples together. The 4 words "touto estin to sōma" (this is the body) is tangent to the entire body of Jesus and to his hands. Euclid, who came before Jesus said "two things equal to another thing are equal to each other." The basket of bread, Jesus, and "the words" are all tangent to each other. Mark told us twice in verse 2:19 that "the sons of the bridal chamber are not able, in which the bridegroom is with them, to fast." The reason is because Jesus is the "bread of life." The command to "Take this bread of me," meaning "to eat it," is a way to make Jesus be a part of their own body through communion, knowing that Jesus is "the word," and that whatever he says happens.

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