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Mt 14:32 ... And were-stepping-up as-they into the boat, the wind ceased.

Verse 32 has 2 phrases containing these 9 narrator words, ... Kai anabantōn autōn eis to ploion, ekopasen ho anemos (And of stepping-up of-them into the boat, ceased the wind).

The 9 words are bottom up. The verb "anabantōn" comes from the preposition ana (up, upwards) and the verb baino (to step with the foot). When ana is prefixed to verbs it can signify backward, up, or renewal motion. When Jesus and Simon step up into the boat, the verb "up" points to the center of the boat. And when the wind ceased, Jesus would see the wind "go down" to the top of the graph. When Simon stepped up the wind would go down to the bottom of the graph. All 9 words are tangent to Jesus and the disciples stepping-up into the boat so that there would be no room for the wind. The diagram shows Jesus in full body mode, Simon in face mode, and the other 11 disciples in vesica mode inside the boat, its maximum carrying capacity. The wind has to be cut in half and cast out to the top and bottom of the graph. With no wind, the waves would also go away. The 9 words are all tangent to all the objects in the story.

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