The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1852 |
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... Agrippa the Great , and his son of the same name , although they harassed them greatly , yet would they not take their liberty away . From whom , when the Romans have now taken the go- vernment into their own hands , they still give ...
... Agrippa the Great , and his son of the same name , although they harassed them greatly , yet would they not take their liberty away . From whom , when the Romans have now taken the go- vernment into their own hands , they still give ...
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... Agrippa . and of the Posterity of Herod the Great . § 1. ABOUT this time , Aretas , the king of Arabia Petrea , and Herod , had a quarrel on the account following : -Herod the tetrarch had married the daughter of Aretas , and had lived ...
... Agrippa . and of the Posterity of Herod the Great . § 1. ABOUT this time , Aretas , the king of Arabia Petrea , and Herod , had a quarrel on the account following : -Herod the tetrarch had married the daughter of Aretas , and had lived ...
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... Agrippa , the son of Aristobulus , went up to Rome , a year before the death of Tiberius , in order to treat of some affairs with the emperor , if he might be permitted so to do . I have now a mind to describe Herod and his family , how ...
... Agrippa , the son of Aristobulus , went up to Rome , a year before the death of Tiberius , in order to treat of some affairs with the emperor , if he might be permitted so to do . I have now a mind to describe Herod and his family , how ...
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... Agrippa , married Mariamne , the daughter of Olym- pias , who was the daughter of Herod the king , and of Joseph , the son of Joseph , who was brother to Herod the king , and had by her a son , Aristo- bulus ; but Aristobulus , the ...
... Agrippa , married Mariamne , the daughter of Olym- pias , who was the daughter of Herod the king , and of Joseph , the son of Joseph , who was brother to Herod the king , and had by her a son , Aristo- bulus ; but Aristobulus , the ...
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... Agrippa was by nature magnanimous and generous in the presents he made , while his mother was alive , this ... Agrippa's present design , and what necessity it was which drove them thereto , and desired her , as a kinswoman of his , to ...
... Agrippa was by nature magnanimous and generous in the presents he made , while his mother was alive , this ... Agrippa's present design , and what necessity it was which drove them thereto , and desired her , as a kinswoman of his , to ...
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Page 48 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 573 - 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 589 - Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Page 458 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people.
Page 580 - He was the Christ ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third •day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him ; and the ;tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Page 590 - Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
Page 590 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Page 591 - Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 423 - I shall therefore speak my mind here at once briefly, that neither did any other city ever suffer such miseries, nor did any age ever breed a generation more fruitful in wickedness than this was, from the beginning of the world.
Page 590 - Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.