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JOHN 3:05

• JOHN 3:05 may refer to Station 3 (The Swan) and Station 5 (The Pearl). According to the blast door map, Station 5 is directly north of Station 3. This coincides with the verse written on the stick saying "lift up your eyes and look north".
  • JOHN 3:05 was indicating to John that North was actually at heading 305.
    • That would be better described as "West". 0°/360° is north, by definition.
      • If you only defie North as 0°/360°, then West would only be 270°. There are alot of degrees between them. 305° is Northwest.
        • West North West. Certainly it's more west than north. There's no sensible way to say that this bearing is "north", other than in the trivila sense that it occurs on the top half of the compass.
          • Exactly. Top half of the compass. Remembering that this is a show about polarity and opposites. Life/Death, Light/Dark....North/South. Basically it's an invocation for John to go onto the 'other' side of the Island, to the unknown.

• • 3:05 refers to the episode in which Eko was killed by The Monster (The Cost of Living, season three, episode five)

• If John would "look north" as written by Eko, he could see the Hydra Island, as suggested by Jonah Adkins island study map.

• The imperative to John to look north was carved by Desmond as a clue from/about the future, without Desmond himself having to give away his knowledge about future events.

• Besides being a biblical allusion, it could also reference a line from Samuel Beckett's play Happy Days; Winnie says "LIft up your eyes to me, Willie, and tell me can you see me..." Taking this as true suggests something is hidden to the north and suggests an absurdist theme in the show, one which can be found easily by many viewers.

• The bearing used by the Freighters to get to and from the Island was 305. This could be foreshadowing or a message to John about the nature of the Island.
  • John Locke wouldn't need to know how to leave the Island, since he doesn't want to leave.
    • But he does need to know how to get to The Others/ Jacob

• The significance of John 3:05 on Eko's stick was mere coincidence, and Locke read into it far more than is actually there. As Freud would say, sometimes a stick is just a stick.
  • There's obviously more to it, otherwise both of the Bible references would have been standardised. ie- The stick would read "Lift up your eyes and look North, South, East and West. John 3:5". It does not. It is also odd that Mr Eko, A Christian, would choose such a fundamental Jewish passage to carve on his stick.
    • Plus, nothing is a coincidence on this show.

T:4

• T:4 may correspond to the adjacent carving "Colosians" (sic), and could actually be meant to read "Colosians (sic) I 14." Colossians 1:14 reads, in reference to the holy father, "In whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins"