her masters much gain by sooth-saying ; " and by his afterwards restoring Eutychus to life at Troas.
"
Judea," says a modern writer, " is now a reminiscence ; but the great
ideas of the Jewish people have penetrated the whole Western world. The
business of the Greek has utterly vanished ; his fortune was spent
centuries ago ; nobody cares what his occupation was ; but his ideas,
expressed in language or stone, are priceless possessions for all time.
Respecting the twelve precious stones in the Breastplate of the Jewish High-Priest, Dr. Clapton has convincingly shown (The Precious Stones of the Bible; Descriptive and Symbolical," 1899),
that a purposeful, significant harmony was designed, between these
twelve, and the twelve foundations of the Holy City, described by St.
John, in his Book of Revelation. Also that an intimate connection holds
good between the Tribes, and Apostles, whose names were associated with
their corresponding precious stones. He has further exposed the
unfortunate renderings about several Biblical stones, as changed in the
revised version of the Old Testament. Thus, in the passage, " the price
of wisdom is above rubies," the Revisers have put for " rubies," in the
margin, " red coral," or " pearls ; " which could not possibly be. Both
Coral, and Pearls are products of marine carcases, and therefore would
be abominations in the eyes of all true Hebrews. Again, for " windows
of Agates," the phrase " pinnacles of rubies " has been substituted ;
which is meaningless. Likewise, in every instance, for " Carbuncle" the
Revisers have put marginally, " or Emerald ; " and for " Emerald," " or
Carbuncle ; " as if these stones could be thus interchangeable. So,
too, (Exodus xxviii. v. 18) Diamond
