Covariant Derivative: 2nd Diff - My Question

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On p158 of General Relativity written by Hobson et al., there is second differentiation of the covariant derivative. However hard I tried to understand why the first equality for the second differentiation holds, I could not. I would be very appreciated if someone help me why it should be.
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  • Text and equations showing the covariant derivative of a covector v_a as nabla_b v_a = partial_b v_a - Gamma^d_ab v_d, followed by the second covariant derivative nabla_c nabla_b v_a expanded in terms of partial derivatives and Christoffel symbols.
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  • Book cover reading General Relativity, An Introduction for Physicists, with authors M. P. Hobson, G. Efstathiou and A. N. Lasenby.
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