Alabaster [N] [S] occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of "ointment of spikenard very precious," with the contents of which a woman anointed the head of Jesus as he sat at supper in the house of Simon the leper ( Matthew 26:7 ; Mark 14:3 ; Luke 7:37 )...
Examples?Trapping him in an object such as a ring ("turned into a shining band of gold") or turning him to stone ("I will turn your face to alabaster") are not unusual in various recountings. Also, the mentioning of Mephistopheles in the song is likely meant to parallel the fact ...