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The word sardion has sometimes been called sardonyx. This is a mistake, for the same word is equivalent to carnelian in Theophrastus (De lap., 55) and Pliny (Hist. nat., XXXVII, xxxi), who derive the name from that of the city of Sardes where, they claim, it was first found. The carnelian is a siliceous stone and a species of chalcedony.
The Destruction of Sennacherib. When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. " The Destruction of Sennacherib " [ 2] is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies (in which it was titled The Destruction of Semnacherib ). [ 3] The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in ...
Revelation 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [ 1][ 2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [ 3] This chapter contains the accounts about the woman, the dragon ...
The Parable of the Talents (also the Parable of the Minas) is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in two of the synoptic, canonical gospels of the New Testament : Matthew 25:14–30. Luke 19:11–27. Although the basic theme of each of these parables is essentially the same, the differences between the parables in the Gospel of Matthew and ...
Now, with the Christmas Day opening of the second film based on Walker's 1982 book, purple takes a seat at the box office after the historic popularity of “Barbie” and all things pink.
Catholic churches use the traditional colors of purple, pink and white. They use the purple color to signify penance and it's also the color worn by the priest. The pink candle is used to ...
Philosopher's stone. The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771. The philosopher's stone[ a] is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver [ b]; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder". Alchemists additionally believed that it could be ...
The rich man and Lazarus (also called the parable of Dives and Lazarus) [ a] is a parable of Jesus from the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. [ 6] Speaking to his disciples and some Pharisees, Jesus tells of an unnamed rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. When both die, the rich man goes to Hades and implores Abraham to send Lazarus from his ...