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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... but I delivered them all out of the fear they were in , and persuaded the multitude to deal kindly with ... good and virtuous character : but the second faction was ... things , and a great many more against king Agrippa , in order to provoke ...
... but I delivered them all out of the fear they were in , and persuaded the multitude to deal kindly with ... good and virtuous character : but the second faction was ... things , and a great many more against king Agrippa , in order to provoke ...
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... done . He moreover slew many of the Jews , in order to gra- tify the Syrians ... things , and having many ten thou- sands of cattle therein . When Philip was ... have else- where related . But still Philip kept possession of the citadel ...
... done . He moreover slew many of the Jews , in order to gra- tify the Syrians ... things , and having many ten thou- sands of cattle therein . When Philip was ... have else- where related . But still Philip kept possession of the citadel ...
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... only out of fear of the multitude , since , if I had forbid- den him , I should have ... relate hereafter . 16. Now the multitude of the Galileans had that great ... proper time to take care of retaining the good - will of the people of Ti ...
... only out of fear of the multitude , since , if I had forbid- den him , I should have ... relate hereafter . 16. Now the multitude of the Galileans had that great ... proper time to take care of retaining the good - will of the people of Ti ...
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... but did not say so [ publicly ] because of the robbers . So I advised them to do as I did , and to wait for a proper opportunity , and not to be uneasy at my being their commander ; for that they could not expect to have another who ...
... but did not say so [ publicly ] because of the robbers . So I advised them to do as I did , and to wait for a proper opportunity , and not to be uneasy at my being their commander ; for that they could not expect to have another who ...
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... good - will - to some persons , to relate falsehoods . These men do like those who compose forged deeds and conveyances ; and because they are not brought to the like pun- ishment with them , they have no regard to truth . When ...
... good - will - to some persons , to relate falsehoods . These men do like those who compose forged deeds and conveyances ; and because they are not brought to the like pun- ishment with them , they have no regard to truth . When ...
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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.
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