The last nine books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with the life of Flavius Josephus written by himselfFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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Page 335
... Tiberias . He built it in the beft part of Galilee , at the lake of Gennefareth . There are warin baths , at a little diftance from it , in a village named Emmaus . Strangers came and inhabited this city ; a great number of the ...
... Tiberias . He built it in the beft part of Galilee , at the lake of Gennefareth . There are warin baths , at a little diftance from it , in a village named Emmaus . Strangers came and inhabited this city ; a great number of the ...
Page 350
... Tiberias for his habitation , and appointed him fome income of money for his maintenance , and made him a magiftrate of that city , by way of honour to him . Yet did not Herod long continue in that refolution of supporting him , though ...
... Tiberias for his habitation , and appointed him fome income of money for his maintenance , and made him a magiftrate of that city , by way of honour to him . Yet did not Herod long continue in that refolution of supporting him , though ...
Page 366
... Tiberias as wanting to know in what pofture the af fairs of the Jews were ; and many ten thoufands of the Jews met Petronius again , when he was come to Tiberias . Thefe thought they muft run a mighty hazard if they should have a war ...
... Tiberias as wanting to know in what pofture the af fairs of the Jews were ; and many ten thoufands of the Jews met Petronius again , when he was come to Tiberias . Thefe thought they muft run a mighty hazard if they should have a war ...
Page 368
... Tiberias . who came , many ten thousands in number ; he alfo placed that army he now had with him oppofite to them ; but did not discover his own meaning , but the commands of the emperor , and told them , That his wrath would without ...
... Tiberias . who came , many ten thousands in number ; he alfo placed that army he now had with him oppofite to them ; but did not discover his own meaning , but the commands of the emperor , and told them , That his wrath would without ...
Page 445
... Tiberias + , and Tarichea and ordered them to fub- mit to his jurifdiction . He gave him alfo Julias , a city of Perea , with fourteen villages that lay about it . 5. Now , as for the affairs of the Jews , they grew worse and worfe ...
... Tiberias + , and Tarichea and ordered them to fub- mit to his jurifdiction . He gave him alfo Julias , a city of Perea , with fourteen villages that lay about it . 5. Now , as for the affairs of the Jews , they grew worse and worfe ...
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Page 339 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 224 - This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 423 - I, who was by you called immortal, am immediately to be hurried away by death. But I am bound to accept of what Providence allots, as it pleases God ; for we have by no means lived ill, but in a splendid and happy manner.
Page 347 - Herod, who feared lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best by putting him to death to prevent any mischief he might cause...
Page 334 - Gennesareth, unto the dignity of a city, both by the number of inhabitants it contained, and its other grandeur, and called it by the name of Julias, the same name with Caesar's daughter.
Page 333 - These men agree in all other things with the Pharisaic notions; but they have an inviolable attachment to liberty, and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord. They also do not value dying any kinds of death, nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends, nor can any such fear make them call any man lord.