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Mt 4:5b ... and he-set him upon the pinnacle of-the temple.

The 2nd phrase has these 8 narrator words ... kai estēsen auton epi to pterugion tou eirou (and he set him upon the pinnacle of the temple).

The 8 narrator words are bottom up. The diagram contains some word play. The noun "pterugion" (little wing, pinnacle) is the diminutive of "pterux" (a bird's wing). The pitched roof of the temple has the shape of an equilateral triangle, the same outline as the wing of a small bird. The door of the house is a rectangle having the same area as the roof of the temple. The four words "to pterugion tou eirou" (the pinnacle of the temple) are tangent to the equilateral triangle holding Jesus on top of the temple.

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