It's Mary's song - the Magnificat. She's recently been told by the angel that she's going to conceive through the Holy Spirit and become mother to the Son of God. She dashes off to tell the good news to her older relative Elizabeth, herself pregnant through a work of God, and the baby leaps in … Continue reading Luke 1:53
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1 Corinthians 15:3
It's perhaps the most concise summary of the Gospel in the whole Bible - just five words in English (six in Greek): "Christ died for our sins". In this is summarised all Christian faith. My sins separated me from God, and there was nothing I could do by myself to be restored to Him and … Continue reading 1 Corinthians 15:3
153 fish
It's one of the great human interest stories of the Gospels - you'll find it in John 21. Jesus has been raised from the dead, but is no longer always physically with the disciples. Peter appears to get a bit fed up and decides to go fishing, taking half a dozen other disciples with him. … Continue reading 153 fish
153 as a number between squares
153 can be expressed as a2 + b2 and as (a+1)2 - (b+1)2. In other words, 122 + 32 = 153 = 132 - 42. This feature applies for every natural number b, with a equal to b2+b. So if b=4, this means a = 16 + 4 = 20. This gives 416 = 400 … Continue reading 153 as a number between squares
153 as the sum of factorials
The factorial of a number n (normally represented as n!) is found by multiplying together all the natural numbers up to n. So, for example, 4! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 = 24. 153 is the sum of the first five factorials: 1 + 2 + 6 + 24 + 120 = … Continue reading 153 as the sum of factorials
153 as a combination of squares
Take three square numbers and add them together. What numbers can you get? Potentially any whole number except one in the form 8n+7, 4 x (8m+7) 16 x (8l+7), 64 x (8k+7) etc. and many numbers can be formed by several different combinations. 153 is the first number that can be formed by combinations of … Continue reading 153 as a combination of squares
Why onefivethree?
You may be wondering why I’ve called my site OneFiveThree. The reason is the two areas I expect to feature most often – Christian faith and numbers. OneFiveThree says a lot about them. Numbers 153 is a particularly interesting number. Here are a few of its features. 153 is a narcissistic number – you get … Continue reading Why onefivethree?
153 – a triangular number
A triangular number is one that can be represented by dots arranged in a triangle, where each row has one fewer dots than the one below it. The layout can be as a right-angled triangle, or as an equilateral one as illustrated on the left. Mathematically, the nth triangular number is the total of the … Continue reading 153 – a triangular number
153 – A narcissistic number
153 is a narcissistic number because 13 +53 +33 = 1 + 125 + 27 = 153. In general, a narcissistic number with k digits is one where the sum of raising each if its digits to the power k gives you the original number. So, for example, 84 + 24 + 04 + 84 … Continue reading 153 – A narcissistic number
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