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 56
... killed them . And when this calamity of the Jews was become fo great , as they had never had experience of the like fince their return out of Babylon , those that remained of the companions of Judas , feeing that the na- tion was ready ...
... killed them . And when this calamity of the Jews was become fo great , as they had never had experience of the like fince their return out of Babylon , those that remained of the companions of Judas , feeing that the na- tion was ready ...
Page 63
Flavius Josephus. his horfe's falling down , he could not efcape being killed ; for when his enemies faw what had befallen him , they returned back , and encompafled Demetrius round , and they all threw their darts at him ; but he being ...
Flavius Josephus. his horfe's falling down , he could not efcape being killed ; for when his enemies faw what had befallen him , they returned back , and encompafled Demetrius round , and they all threw their darts at him ; but he being ...
Page 69
... killed in an opprobrious manner , like a woman , while he endeavoured to conceal himself in a feminine habit , as we have elsewhere related . 7. Hereupon Ptolemy blamed himself tor having given his daughter in marriage to Alexander ...
... killed in an opprobrious manner , like a woman , while he endeavoured to conceal himself in a feminine habit , as we have elsewhere related . 7. Hereupon Ptolemy blamed himself tor having given his daughter in marriage to Alexander ...
Page 79
... kill him , and then take poffeffion of his kingdom ; but the fear that he was in of Jonathan was an ob- ftacle to this his defign , for Jonathan was a friend to Antioch- us , for which caufe he refolved first to take Jonathan out of the ...
... kill him , and then take poffeffion of his kingdom ; but the fear that he was in of Jonathan was an ob- ftacle to this his defign , for Jonathan was a friend to Antioch- us , for which caufe he refolved first to take Jonathan out of the ...
Page 84
... killed this Antiochus , the epitome of Livy informs us , chap . 55. viz . that he corruped his phyficians or furgeons , who fafely pretending to the people that he was perifhing with the flone , as they cut him for it , killed him ...
... killed this Antiochus , the epitome of Livy informs us , chap . 55. viz . that he corruped his phyficians or furgeons , who fafely pretending to the people that he was perifhing with the flone , as they cut him for it , killed him ...
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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.