The Works: Comprising the Antiquities of the Jews; A History of the Jewish Wars, and Life of Flavius JosephusLea, 1850 - 662 pages |
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... Herod , his next son , who was then a very young man , for he was but fifteen years of age ; * but that youth of his ... Herod's brother , was moved with emulation at his actions , and en- vied the fame he had thereby gotten , and became ...
... Herod , his next son , who was then a very young man , for he was but fifteen years of age ; * but that youth of his ... Herod's brother , was moved with emulation at his actions , and en- vied the fame he had thereby gotten , and became ...
Page 308
... Herod himself he is to be sure more concerned for himself than for the laws ; but my complaint is against yourselves and your king , who give him a licence so to do . However , take you notice , that God is great , and that this very ...
... Herod himself he is to be sure more concerned for himself than for the laws ; but my complaint is against yourselves and your king , who give him a licence so to do . However , take you notice , that God is great , and that this very ...
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... Herod did exact what is required of him from Ga- lilee before others , he was in the greatest favour with Cassius ; for he thought it a part of prudence to cultivate a friendship with the Romans , and to gain their good - will at the ...
... Herod did exact what is required of him from Ga- lilee before others , he was in the greatest favour with Cassius ; for he thought it a part of prudence to cultivate a friendship with the Romans , and to gain their good - will at the ...
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... Herod was recovered of his disease , and came and took from Felix all the places he had gotten ; and , upon certain conditions , dismissed him also . CHAPTER XII . HEROD EJECTS ANTIGONUS , THE SON OF ARISTOBU- LUS , OUT OF JUDEA , AND ...
... Herod was recovered of his disease , and came and took from Felix all the places he had gotten ; and , upon certain conditions , dismissed him also . CHAPTER XII . HEROD EJECTS ANTIGONUS , THE SON OF ARISTOBU- LUS , OUT OF JUDEA , AND ...
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... HEROD AND PHASAELUS TE- TRARCHS , AFTER THEY HAD BEEN ACCUSED TO NO PURPOSE ; AND HOW THE PARTHIANS , WHEN THEY BROUGHT ANTIGONUS INTO JUDEA , TOOK HYRCA- NUS AND PHASAELUS CAPTIVES . HEROD'S FLIGHT ; AND WHAT AFFLICTIONS HYRCANUS AND ...
... HEROD AND PHASAELUS TE- TRARCHS , AFTER THEY HAD BEEN ACCUSED TO NO PURPOSE ; AND HOW THE PARTHIANS , WHEN THEY BROUGHT ANTIGONUS INTO JUDEA , TOOK HYRCA- NUS AND PHASAELUS CAPTIVES . HEROD'S FLIGHT ; AND WHAT AFFLICTIONS HYRCANUS AND ...
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Page 134 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 174 - He put a ring that had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the demon through his nostrils ; and when the man fell down immediately, he abjured him to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed.
Page 294 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the law of Moses ; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say, that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 30 - ... change the opinion all men happened then to have concerning God ; for he was the first that ventured to publish this notion, that there was but one God, the Creator of the universe ; and that as to other [gods,] if they contributed any thing to the happiness of men, that each of them afforded it only according to his appointment, and not by their own power.
Page 32 - And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.