 | Flavius Josephus - 1809 - 658 pages
...ot life they obferve alfo. They contemn the miferies of life, and are above pain, by thegeneroiity of their mind. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they efteem it betler than living always ; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 468 pages
...their diet ; •nay, as I think, by means of the regular course of life they observe also. They contemn the miseries of life, and are above pain, by the generosity...their glory, they esteem it better than living always ; anci, indeed, our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great souls they had in their trials,... | |
 | 1839 - 416 pages
...to those iu authority, because no one obtains the government without God's assistance. They contemn the miseries of life, and are above pain by the generosity of their minds, and, indeed, our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence of what great souls they had, wherein,... | |
 | John Shertzer Hittell - 1893 - 414 pages
...celibate class, the Essene partook of some water of purification. Josephus says of them: "They contemn the miseries of life, and are above pain by the generosity...always; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidences what great souls they had in their trials; wherein, although they were tortured and distorted,... | |
 | Leonard Brown - 1908 - 630 pages
...say that he who cannot be believed without swearing by God, is already condemned. * * * They contemn the miseries of life, and are above pain by the generosity of their mind; and as for death, if it be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always; and indeed our war with the Romans gave... | |
 | Charles Burlingame Waite - 1908 - 600 pages
...simplicity of their diet; nay, as 1 think, by means of the regular course of life which they observe also. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always." (Their fortitude in enduring sufferings in the Jewish war with the Romans, is here extolled and commented... | |
 | Thomas E. Kepner - 1914 - 348 pages
...garments, with a girdle of leather around the waist. The war with the Romans, says Josephus, served to show what great souls they had in their trials, wherein, although they were tortured and distorted, and made to pass through all kinds of torment, in order that they might be induced to plaspheme their... | |
 | Lawrence H. Schiffman - 1998 - 812 pages
...they observe also. They make light of the miseries of life and are above pain by their resolute will. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they consider it better than immortality. (152) Indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence of... | |
 | Charles Burlingame Waite - 1992 - 580 pages
...simplicity of their diet; nay, as 1 think, by means of the regular course of life which they observe also. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always." (Their fortitude in enduring sufferings in the Jewish war with the Romans, is here extolled and commented... | |
 | Lawrence H. Schiffman - 2003 - 436 pages
...they observe also. They make light of the miseries of life and are above pain by their resolute will. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they consider it better than immortality. (152) Indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence of... | |
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They contemn 5* the miseries of life, and are above pain, by the generosity of their mind. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always ; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great... 
