Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal” (Revelation 21:9-11). An incredibly rare gemstone called taaffeite was discovered in Sri Lanka in 1945. Since then, only a handful of these gems have been found. This rarely seen beauty makes them highly...
8.Shebo',שׁבוֹ (Ex 28:19;Ex 39:12), Sept., Vulg., and JosephusAgate(ἀχάτης), a mixed sort of stone, consisting of quartz, chalcedony, carnelian, flint, jasper, and so forth, so that two kinds are usually compounded; hence agates have all possible ground-...
in loc.) considers the color itself to be unmeaning, and that the prophet has added the term strong (A. V. "bay") by way of explanation; Hitzig (Comm. in loc.) explains it, in a peculiar manner, of the complexion of the Egyptians. It remains for us now to notice the various ...