| Flavius Josephus - 1824 - 596 pages
...cities : although it be HOW all burnt up. It is *related how for the impiety of its inhabitants, it was burnt by lightning. In consequence of which there...the remainders of that divine fire ; and the traces of these five cities are still to be seen : as well as the ashes growing in their fruits. Which fruits... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 pages
...cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related, how for the impiety of its inhabitants it was burnt by lightning ; in consequence of which there...well as the ashes, growing in their fruits, which have a color as if they were fit to be eaten ; but if you pluck them with your hands, they dissolve... | |
| 1840 - 534 pages
...cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related, how for the impiety of its inhabitants it was burnt by lightning ; in consequence of which there...well as the ashes, growing in their fruits, which have a color as if they were fit to be eaten ; but if you pluck them with your hands, they dissolve... | |
| 1840 - 1078 pages
...cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related, how for the impiety of its inhabitants it was burnt by lightning ; in consequence of which there...well as the ashes, growing in their fruits, which have a color as if they were fit to be eaten ; but if you pluck them with your hands, they dissolve... | |
| Stephen Olin - 1843 - 526 pages
...abundant. Like all travellers, I looked diligently, but without success, for the apples of Sodom, which " have a colour as if they were fit to be eaten ; but, if you pluck them in your hands, they dissolve into smoke and ashes."* • Josephus, Wars, book iv., chap. viil, sect.... | |
| 1850 - 570 pages
...cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related how, for the impiety of its inhabitants, it waa burnt by lightning ; in consequence of which there are still the remainders of that divine fire. The traces [or shadows] of the five cities are still to be seen, as well as the ashes growing in their... | |
| 1850 - 576 pages
...cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related how, for the impiety of its inhabitants, it was burnt by lightning ; in consequence of which there are still the remainders of that divine fire. The traces [or shadows] of the five cities are still to be seen, as well as the ashes growing in their... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1852 - 712 pages
...its inhabitants, it was burnt by lightning ; in consequence of which there are still the remaiders of that divine fire, and the traces [or shadows] of...fruits have a colour as if they were fit to be eaten, bat if you pluck them with your hands, they dissolve into smoke and ashes. And thus what is related... | |
| 1852 - 840 pages
...may be asked, Do any indications of this catastrophe remain? We reply, Josephus wrote in his day, " There are still the remainders of that divine fire, and the traces of the five cities are still to be seen, as well as the ashes growing in their fruits, which fruits... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1856 - 604 pages
...cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related how, for the impiety of its inhabitants, it was burnt by lightning; in consequence of which there...shadows] of the five cities are still to be seen, as well a* the ashes growing in their fruits, which fruits have a colour as if they were fit to be eaten ;... | |
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