If one were to further divide the 1 mg
piece of silver into 100,000,000 particles, it would be very beneficial indeed.
«And he cast down
the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went out and hanged himself.»
5And he threw
the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
Fulfillment: Matthew 27:5 - 7 And he threw
the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
Not exact matches
6And the chief priests took the
pieces of silver and said, «It is not lawful to put them
into the temple treasury, since it is the price
of blood.»
* Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out
of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty
pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph
into Egypt.
Through them all we learn finally what Sukhanov thinks must be the meaning
of his life: «And it was only after twenty - three years
of mute crawling through the mud» only after he had felt the smooth taste
of betrayal on his lips and the chilly weight
of thirty
pieces of silver in his sweaty palm, only after he had learned about the slow fattening
of the soul, the anguish
of wasted chances, the pain
of love slipping away, the soft, horrifying slide
into death» yes, it was only then that the elixir
of life was granted to him and his resurrection assured.»
The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene
of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a
piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs
of getting rid
of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm
of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all
of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success
of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls
into a ditch; the woman with ten
pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding
of it the occasion
of a celebration in which all
of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!
The Jews could not put «blood money»
into the Temple treasury, so they bought a field with the thirty
pieces of silver and used it as a place to bury strangers.
The viands, kept warm by chafing - dishes, were then brought in on artistically worked plates
of gold,
silver, tortoise - shell, or earthenware, and each person, before beginning to eat, threw a small
piece of food
into a lighted brazier, as an offering to the god
of fire.
Silver has stated in the past the women's agenda was negotiated as a single legislative package, and breaking them out
into individual
pieces of legislation was against those deliberations.
As a companion
piece to our conversation with Jordan's mother, Lucia McBath, we spoke to
Silver about the filmmaking process and how he approached inserting himself
into the lives
of Jordan's family and friends.
Here, gelatin
silver photographs and photograms — taken from the artist's personal archive made over the years and used both altered or unmodified — are layered
into compositions, along with
pieces of sheer black or tan fabric that allude to women's hosiery.
Employing a range
of materials including bronze, wood, terracotta, silicone, concrete and
silver, Tallur L.N. creates sculpture, wall
pieces, site - specific installations and interactive work that delve deep
into the dichotomies between the tangible and the ethereal, the figurative and the abstract, and the decorative and the conceptual.
Freestanding sculptures include a minimalist grid configuration by Carl Andre, a towering column
of staggered concrete blocks by Adrian Paules, a sleek black triangular pillar made
of resin by John McCracken, and a carved refrigerator by Josh Callaghan; wall mounted
pieces include plaster bone forms arranged
into letters by Nathan Mabry, Light and Space artist Peter Alexander's colorful grouping
of shimmering resin bars, and an annulus finished with
silver leaf by Peter Shelton — each work displays a skilled proficiency in construction and intent.
piece of white fabric with
silver threads woven
into it.
Just a few fresh red roses tucked
into pieces of a
silver tea service make a quick and easy table display.