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Mk
6:34a ...
And
coming out ... he saw many "crowds" ...
According
to the context of the story Jesus now presumably comes-out of "the
boat" and sees a great crowd ... but the Greek word ex-er'-khom-ahee
could also be interpreted that Jesus "comes out" from privacy
(being invisible) to suddenly appearing in the center of the crowd.
The “crowd
of many” has four classes of people ... men, women, boys,
and girls. The total size of the crowd must be greater than the 5,000
men who are later revealed in verse 6:44. The above diagram is close
... but not the one that appears in the book. To see the real diagram
download the book.
Mark
6:34b
... and his "bowels were moved" on them ...
Most
bibles translate the Greek phrase kai es-plagk-nis-thay
ep autous as "and he-had-compassion on them."
This paraphrase of the actual Greek text completely destroys the pun
that enables the enlightened reader to construct the graph. The
literal translation of es-plagk-nis-thay
means "for one's bowels to be moved." This is a Greek colloquial
expressions because the bowels - meaning the heart, stomach, intestines,
lungs, esophagus, and throat - were considered the organs that were
affected by deep emotions such as love and pity. The diagram shows
how Jesus "moved his bowels."
Mark
6:34c
... because
they were like "sheep" not having a "shepherd"
...
The
diagram shows how Jesus is like a shepherd and the crowd like "sheep."
Mark
6:34d
... and
he began to "teach" them "many things."
This
gospel story is purposely vague about the "many things"
Jesus will teach. The enlightened reader however knows that Jesus
will be teaching a geometry lesson! The "sheep" in
the Wilderness are taught that ..xx. circles are tangent to ...xx
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6:33 < Verse > Mk
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