The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior ; to which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations, Volume 6David Huntington, 1815 |
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... natural affection " for any of them but for Antipater ; on which accounts , if " his plot does not take he is very willing to die ; but that in το case he kill his father , he hath sufficient opportunities for saving himself . In the ...
... natural affection " for any of them but for Antipater ; on which accounts , if " his plot does not take he is very willing to die ; but that in το case he kill his father , he hath sufficient opportunities for saving himself . In the ...
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... nature confounded ; and that the life of man was full of iniquity , " and every thing else that passion could suggest to a man who spared not his own life ; and at last he ventured to go to the king , and said , " Truly , I think ...
... nature confounded ; and that the life of man was full of iniquity , " and every thing else that passion could suggest to a man who spared not his own life ; and at last he ventured to go to the king , and said , " Truly , I think ...
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... natural commiseration " which their orphan condition requires ; however , I will en- " deavour , though I have been a most unfortunate father , to appear a better grandfather , and to leave these children " such curators after myself as ...
... natural commiseration " which their orphan condition requires ; however , I will en- " deavour , though I have been a most unfortunate father , to appear a better grandfather , and to leave these children " such curators after myself as ...
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... natural death ; so he took an apple , and asked for a knife , for he used to pare apples , and eat them ; he then looked round about to see that there was nobody to hinder him , and lift up his right hand , as if he would stab himself ...
... natural death ; so he took an apple , and asked for a knife , for he used to pare apples , and eat them ; he then looked round about to see that there was nobody to hinder him , and lift up his right hand , as if he would stab himself ...
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... nature , but the lamentations were very great , the mourning solemn , and the weeping such as was loudly heard all over the city , as being for those men who had perished for the laws of their country , and for the temple . They cried ...
... nature , but the lamentations were very great , the mourning solemn , and the weeping such as was loudly heard all over the city , as being for those men who had perished for the laws of their country , and for the temple . They cried ...
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Page 96 - Eleazar, the son of Ananias the high priest, a very bold youth, who was at that time governor of the temple, persuaded those that officiated in the divine service to receive no gift or sacrifice for any foreigner. And this was the true beginning of our war with the Romans...
Page 222 - These things were a manifest indication that some destruction was coming upon men, when the system of the world was put into this disorder, and any one would guess that these wonders foreshewed some grand calamities that were coming.
Page 114 - It then happened that Cestius was not conscious either how the besieged despaired of success, nor how courageous the people were for him ; and so he recalled his soldiers from the place, and by despairing of any expectation of taking it, without having received any disgrace, he retired from the city, without any reason in the world.
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Page 243 - It was of old a most happy land, both for the fruits it bore and the riches of its 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, and the traces [or shadows] of the five cities are still to be seen, as well as the ashes growing in their fruits; which fruits have a color as if they were fit to be eaten, but if you pluck them with your hands, they dissolve...
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Page 225 - Nay, they proceeded to that degree of impiety, as to cast away their dead bodies without burial, although the Jews used to take so much care of the burial of men, that they took down those that were condemned and crucified, and buried them before the going down of the sun.