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Mk 15:39a ... having-seen yet the centurion, the-one having-stood out opposite of-him, that in-this-way he-breathed-out, he-said, ...

Verse 39 has 6 phrases containing 13 narrator words and 7 dialog words. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th phrases have 13 narrator words in this order based on image position, ... Idōn de ho kenturiōn, ho parestekōs ex enantias autou, hoti houtōs exepneusen, eipen, (Having-seen yet the Centurion, the-one having-stood out opposite of-him, that in-this-way he-breathed-out, he-said, ...).

The 13 narrator words are bottom up tangent to the Centurion who witnessed what Jesus did when he died. The first 9 words "Idōn de ho kenturiōn, ho parestekōs ex enantias autou" (Having seen yet the Centurion, the one having stood nearby out opposite of him), places the Centurion before Jesus, each one in and on an equilateral triangle. The next 3 words "hoti houtōs exepneusen" (that in-this-way he-breathed-out) are equidistant from the face of Jesus on the center of the cross. The last word "eipen" (he-said) is tangent to the two white equilateral triangles coming from the mouth and head of Jesus. The purpose of this phrase is to certify that the Centurion was a witness that when Jesus died, his "last breath and great cry" caused the Veil of the Temple to be torn in two.

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