Numerics test applied to
Mark Chapter 1:1-8
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. {for: or, unto}
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Pattern of sevens:
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Feature 1 - The passage contains 126 words, or 18 x 7
Feature 2 - The words of the passage a comprised of 294 syllables, or 42 x 7
Feature 3 - The passage has a vocabulary of 77 words, or 11 x 7
Feature 4 - The vocabulary of the passage consists of 427 letters, or 61 x 7
Feature 5 - The vocabulary contains 224 vowels, or 32 x 7
Feature 6 - The vocabulary contains 203 consonants, or 29 x7
Feature 7 - John uses 21 vocabulary words, or 3 x 7
Feature 8 - 42 of the vocabulary words begin with a vowel, or 7 x 6
Feature 9 - 35 of the vocabulary words begin with a consonant, or 5 x 7
The probability of these 9 features of seven being in this passage by chance is 1 in 40,353,607
