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... already nearly approaching , one of those with him deserted him , and came to me , and told me what he had undertaken to do . When I was informed of this , I went into the market place , and pretended to know nothing of his treacherous ...
... already nearly approaching , one of those with him deserted him , and came to me , and told me what he had undertaken to do . When I was informed of this , I went into the market place , and pretended to know nothing of his treacherous ...
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... already built : I agreed to their ed me to spare the city . But when I was com proposal accordingly . And when I had made near enough , I gave order to the masters of th preparation for the entire building , I gave order ships to cast ...
... already built : I agreed to their ed me to spare the city . But when I was com proposal accordingly . And when I had made near enough , I gave order to the masters of th preparation for the entire building , I gave order ships to cast ...
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... already fled away , ) I saw the posture of about these facts , and about the Jewish war , my affairs ; and encouraging those that were that he might appear to have been an induswith me , I pursued those of Tiberias , even trious man ...
... already fled away , ) I saw the posture of about these facts , and about the Jewish war , my affairs ; and encouraging those that were that he might appear to have been an induswith me , I pursued those of Tiberias , even trious man ...
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... already resolved to kill him , and not let slip the opportunity that lay before them . But when Reubel , the eldest of them , saw them thus disposed , and that they had agreed together to execute their purpose , he 3. But God , in ...
... already resolved to kill him , and not let slip the opportunity that lay before them . But when Reubel , the eldest of them , saw them thus disposed , and that they had agreed together to execute their purpose , he 3. But God , in ...
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... already taken for the recovery of their liberty , which he had foretold them , would not now suffer them to be subdued by their enemies , to be either made slaves , or be slain by them . And standing in the midst of them , he said ...
... already taken for the recovery of their liberty , which he had foretold them , would not now suffer them to be subdued by their enemies , to be either made slaves , or be slain by them . And standing in the midst of them , he said ...
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Page 32 - ... might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there was...
Page 125 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 198 - ... to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed. And when Eleazar would persuade and demonstrate to the spectators that he had such a power, he set a little way off a cup or basin full of water, and commanded the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 331 - 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 laws 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 198 - God also enabled him to learn that skill which expels demons, which is a science useful and sanative to him. He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. And he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons so that they never return: and this method of cure is of great force...
Page 395 - ... the valley was very deep, and its bottom could not be seen, if you looked from above into the depth, this farther vastly high elevation of the cloister stood upon that height, insomuch, that if any one looked down from the top of the battlements, or down both those altitudes, he would be giddy, while his sight could not reach to such an immense depth.
Page 117 - Canaan,) he dismissed the senate ; and as he was going to embrace Eleazar and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the holy books that he died, which was done out of fear lest they should venture to say, that because of his extraordinary virtue he went to God.
Page 32 - God to be their enemy, (73) for many angels of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.
Page 250 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.