10 Joost Smit Sibinga πάντες σκανδαλισθήσεσθε, 8 ὅτι γέγραπται˙ 5| 13 [quotation, 19 s.] ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὸ ἐγερθῆναί με 10 προάξω ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν Γαλιαίαν 11 | 21 | 34 s. (ζ’) a colon of 17 syllables is also found in Mark 14:21c: καλὸν αὐτῷ εἰ οὐκ ἐγεννήθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος: 4 +13 = 17 s., in Mark 14:22: .. λαβὼν ἄρτον εὐλογήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς, and in Mark 14:49a: καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἦμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων ..: 9 + 8 = 17 s. By themselves these last observations may not have much importance. The earlier notes (α’) - (γ’), however, would seem to suggest the following survey, derived from Chart 1. Chart 3: The Number of Syllables in the Words of Jesus as recorded in Mark 14 Mark 14:6b-21: (159 + 196 = ) 355 22b-30: (85 + 85 = ) 170 32c-34c: 37 36b-38: (36 + 49 = ) 85 41b-49: (62 + 56 = ) 118 | 155 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark 14:6b-49: 255 + 510 = 765 syllables The 255 s. are, as one sees from the notes under (α’) - (γ’), strictly organized on the basis of three times 85 s.: first 85 s. in v. 22b-25, followed immediately by 85 s. in v. 27b-30b; later, in Gethsemane, 85 s. are found a third time, in Mark 14:36b-38, (11) and (12) in Chart 1. At this point we are dealing with exactly one third of the sum-total of 765 s.; the remaining 510 (= 2 x 255 or 6 x 85) are structured in other ways. It is, however, fair to say that the aliquot part of seventeen syllables is a basic element in the design we are studying. In so far the observations under (δ’) to (ζ’) are also worth our attention. 8.1.1 Again we return to Chart 1. The full size of the words of Jesus in Mark 14:1-52 is 765 syllables, that is 5 x 153. Of course, 153 is the triangular number of seventeen, well known from John 21:11, the catch of 153 big fish. It is also the size in toto of the Amen-sayings in the strict sense, i.e. without their annexes. So exactly one fifth of the total number of syllables is found in the Amen-sayings in the strict sense. Their two