The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1852 |
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... showed the weakness of the evidence obtained by torture , which was commonly false ; because the distress men are in under such tortures naturally obliges them to say many things in order to please those that govern them . He also ...
... showed the weakness of the evidence obtained by torture , which was commonly false ; because the distress men are in under such tortures naturally obliges them to say many things in order to please those that govern them . He also ...
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... showed against thy brethren ; on which account thou didst rejoice , as having done a most famous exploit , nor was that behaviour unworthy of thee . But if thy in- tention were otherwise , thou art worse than they ; while thou didst ...
... showed against thy brethren ; on which account thou didst rejoice , as having done a most famous exploit , nor was that behaviour unworthy of thee . But if thy in- tention were otherwise , thou art worse than they ; while thou didst ...
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... showed to him ; and returned them thanks that they uid not remember the injuries his father had done them , to his disadva cage ; and promised them he would endeavour not to be behindhand with them in rewarding their alacrity in his ...
... showed to him ; and returned them thanks that they uid not remember the injuries his father had done them , to his disadva cage ; and promised them he would endeavour not to be behindhand with them in rewarding their alacrity in his ...
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... showed , yet hath he given a suffi- cient specimen what a king he is likely to be , when he hath [ in effect ] de- prived Cæsar of that power of disposing of the kingdom , which he justly hath , and hath not abstained from making a ...
... showed , yet hath he given a suffi- cient specimen what a king he is likely to be , when he hath [ in effect ] de- prived Cæsar of that power of disposing of the kingdom , which he justly hath , and hath not abstained from making a ...
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... showed himself a person of moderation and quietness in the conduct of his life and government ; he constantly lived in that country which was subject to him ; † he used to make his pro- gress with a few chosen friends ; his tribunal ...
... showed himself a person of moderation and quietness in the conduct of his life and government ; he constantly lived in that country which was subject to him ; † he used to make his pro- gress with a few chosen friends ; his tribunal ...
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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.