It is a true story - no matter how much like a fairy tale it may sound. A totally unsuspecting man literally stumbled upon the world's largest diamond - all 3,106 carats of it. It happened in Premier Mine #2, near Pretoria, South Africa, in early 1905. This amazing stone was then sent in an ordinary cardboard box to England. One hundred and five stones were cut from this diamond, known as the Cullinan diamond. Two of the largest stones which it produced, the 530-carat Star of Africa and the 317-carat Cullinan II, are part of the British crown jewels. (1)
Nowadays people dream of winning the Publishers Clearing House. Or, in some states, the lottery. But in Jesus' time people dreamed of finding treasure buried in a field or at least discovering a precious stone lying in the road. Commerce …