The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 11814 |
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... hand , though I shall do it briefly ; I mean , because otherwise , those that read my books may wonder how it comes to pass , that my discourse , which pro- mises an account of laws and historical facts , contains so much of philosophy ...
... hand , though I shall do it briefly ; I mean , because otherwise , those that read my books may wonder how it comes to pass , that my discourse , which pro- mises an account of laws and historical facts , contains so much of philosophy ...
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... hand . He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God , as if it was through his means they were happy , but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness . He also gra- dually changed the government into tyranny ...
... hand . He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God , as if it was through his means they were happy , but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness . He also gra- dually changed the government into tyranny ...
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... hand - maidens , a woman of Egyptian descent , in order to ob- tain children by her ; and when this hand - maid was with child , she triumphed , and ventured to affront Sarai , as if the dominion were to come to a son to be born of her ...
... hand - maidens , a woman of Egyptian descent , in order to ob- tain children by her ; and when this hand - maid was with child , she triumphed , and ventured to affront Sarai , as if the dominion were to come to a son to be born of her ...
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... hand - maid Hagar , with an affection not inferior to that of her own son , for he was brought up in order to suc- ceed in the government ; but when she herself had born Isaac , she was not willing that Ismael should be brought up with ...
... hand - maid Hagar , with an affection not inferior to that of her own son , for he was brought up in order to suc- ceed in the government ; but when she herself had born Isaac , she was not willing that Ismael should be brought up with ...
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... hand , by thy own father , in the nature of a " sacrifice . I suppose he thinks thee worthy to get clear of " this world , neither by a disease , neither by war , nor by any " other severe ways , by which death usually comes upon men ...
... hand , by thy own father , in the nature of a " sacrifice . I suppose he thinks thee worthy to get clear of " this world , neither by a disease , neither by war , nor by any " other severe ways , by which death usually comes upon men ...
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Page 218 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 249 - Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Page 350 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 14 - And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone: they inscribed their discoveries on them both...
Page 383 - I rejoice at the condition thou art in, and will be subservient to thee in all that thou sendest to me about ; for when by my subjects I have cut down many and large trees of cedar, and cypress wood, I will send them to sea, and will order my subjects to make floats of them, and to sail to what...
Page 366 - When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Page 401 - ... that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
Page 383 - And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out?
Page 391 - Solomon built with stones of ten cubits, and wainscoated the walls with other stones that were sawed, and were of great value, such as are dug out of the earth for the ornaments of temples, and to make fine prospects in royal palaces, and which make the mines whence they are dug famous.
Page 14 - For many angels* of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength ; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call Giants.