The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1852 |
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... bring them to their deaths , the virtue of the action now proposed to them would appear much more advantageous to them than the pleasures of life ; since they would die for the preservation and observation of the law of their fathers ...
... bring them to their deaths , the virtue of the action now proposed to them would appear much more advantageous to them than the pleasures of life ; since they would die for the preservation and observation of the law of their fathers ...
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... bring them to him . But those that were seditious on account of those teachers of the law , irritated the people by the noise and clamours they used to encourage the people in their designs ; so they made an assault upon the soldiers ...
... bring them to him . But those that were seditious on account of those teachers of the law , irritated the people by the noise and clamours they used to encourage the people in their designs ; so they made an assault upon the soldiers ...
Page 37
... bring an accusation against him now he was dead . He also attributed the actions of Archelaus to the Jews ' injuries to him , who affecting to govern con- trary to the laws , and going about to kill those that would have hindered them ...
... bring an accusation against him now he was dead . He also attributed the actions of Archelaus to the Jews ' injuries to him , who affecting to govern con- trary to the laws , and going about to kill those that would have hindered them ...
Page 38
... bring them riches ; so that I cannot but strongly suspect that no small part of this his wealth arose from another source ; I mean from some vast sums he took out of David's sepulchre , but concealed from the people . See Antiq . b ...
... bring them riches ; so that I cannot but strongly suspect that no small part of this his wealth arose from another source ; I mean from some vast sums he took out of David's sepulchre , but concealed from the people . See Antiq . b ...
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... bring the Jews that were there into the same delusion ; and not only other people , but also all those that had been great with Herod , or had a kindness for him , joined themslves to this man as to their king . The cause of it was this ...
... bring the Jews that were there into the same delusion ; and not only other people , but also all those that had been great with Herod , or had a kindness for him , joined themslves to this man as to their king . The cause of it was this ...
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