The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1852 |
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... Jerusalem ; whereupon those Jews whose camp lay there , and who had besieged the Roman legion , now hearing the coming of this army , left the seige imperfect ; but as to the Jerusalem Jews , when Varus reproached them bitterly for what ...
... Jerusalem ; whereupon those Jews whose camp lay there , and who had besieged the Roman legion , now hearing the coming of this army , left the seige imperfect ; but as to the Jerusalem Jews , when Varus reproached them bitterly for what ...
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... Jerusalem , to take their winter quarters there , in order to abolish the Jewish laws . So he introduced Cæsar's effigies , which were upon the ensigns , and brought them into the city ; whereas our law for- bids us the very making of ...
... Jerusalem , to take their winter quarters there , in order to abolish the Jewish laws . So he introduced Cæsar's effigies , which were upon the ensigns , and brought them into the city ; whereas our law for- bids us the very making of ...
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... Jerusalem : it was at the time of that festival which is called the passover . Vitellius was there magnificently received , and released the inhabitants of Jerusalem from all the taxes upon the fruits that were bought and sold , and ...
... Jerusalem : it was at the time of that festival which is called the passover . Vitellius was there magnificently received , and released the inhabitants of Jerusalem from all the taxes upon the fruits that were bought and sold , and ...
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... Jerusalem , when he was returned back into Judea : and what it was that Petronius wrote to the Inhabitants of Doris , in behalf of the Jews . § 1. Now Claudius Cæsar , by those decrees of his which were sent to Alexandria , and to all ...
... Jerusalem , when he was returned back into Judea : and what it was that Petronius wrote to the Inhabitants of Doris , in behalf of the Jews . § 1. Now Claudius Cæsar , by those decrees of his which were sent to Alexandria , and to all ...
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... Jerusalem , that were adjoining to the new city [ Bezetha , ] he repaired them at the expense of the public , and built them wider in breadth , and higher in altitude ; and he made them too strong for all human power to demolish ...
... Jerusalem , that were adjoining to the new city [ Bezetha , ] he repaired them at the expense of the public , and built them wider in breadth , and higher in altitude ; and he made them too strong for all human power to demolish ...
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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.