The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 21814 |
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... Cæsar , for those of Pompey's party prevented it , and destroyed him by poison , and those of Cæsar's party buried him . His dead body also lay for a good while embalmed in honey , till Antony afterward sent it to Judea , and caused him ...
... Cæsar , for those of Pompey's party prevented it , and destroyed him by poison , and those of Cæsar's party buried him . His dead body also lay for a good while embalmed in honey , till Antony afterward sent it to Judea , and caused him ...
Page 278
... Cæsar had gained over him , Antipater , who managed the Jewish affairs , became very useful to Cæsar when he made war against Egypt , and that by the order of Hyrcanus : For when Mithridates of Pergamus was bringing his auxiliaries ...
... Cæsar had gained over him , Antipater , who managed the Jewish affairs , became very useful to Cæsar when he made war against Egypt , and that by the order of Hyrcanus : For when Mithridates of Pergamus was bringing his auxiliaries ...
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... Cæsar , and openly declared , that Antipater was the author of this victory , and of his own preservation , insomuch that Cæsar commended Antipater then , and made use of him all the rest of that war in the most hazardous undertakings ...
... Cæsar , and openly declared , that Antipater was the author of this victory , and of his own preservation , insomuch that Cæsar commended Antipater then , and made use of him all the rest of that war in the most hazardous undertakings ...
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... Cæsar appoint- ed Hyrcanus to be high priest ; and gave Antipater what prin- cipality he himself should choose , leaving the determination to himself : So he made him procurator of Judea . He also gave Hyrcanus leave to raise up the ...
... Cæsar appoint- ed Hyrcanus to be high priest ; and gave Antipater what prin- cipality he himself should choose , leaving the determination to himself : So he made him procurator of Judea . He also gave Hyrcanus leave to raise up the ...
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... Cæsar had settled the affairs of Syria , he away : : And as soon as Antipater had conducted Cæsar out of Syria , he returned to Judea . He then immediately raised up the wall which had been thrown down by Pompey ; and , by coming ...
... Cæsar had settled the affairs of Syria , he away : : And as soon as Antipater had conducted Cæsar out of Syria , he returned to Judea . He then immediately raised up the wall which had been thrown down by Pompey ; and , by coming ...
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Page 88 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 88 - This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the Divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to...
Page 378 - ... down into the valley by a great number of steps, and thence up again by the ascent; for the city lay over against the temple in the manner of a theatre, and was encompassed with a deep valley along the entire south quarter...
Page 372 - Panium. This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 49 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Page 214 - And for the Sadducees, they take away fate, and say there is no such thing, and that the events of human affairs are not at its disposal; but they suppose that all our actions are in our own power, so that we are ourselves the causes of what is good, and receive what is evil from our own folly.
Page 77 - Daniel did also declare the meaning of the stone to the king ; but I do not think proper to relate it, since I have only undertaken to describe things past or things present, but not things that are future ; yet if any one be so very desirous of knowing truth, as not to...
Page 132 - ... who, when I was considering with myself how I might obtain the dominion of Asia, exhorted me to make no delay, but boldly to pass over the sea thither, for that he would conduct my army, and would give me the dominion over the Persians ; whence it is, that having seen no other in that habit, and now seeing this person in it, and remembering that vision, and the exhortation which I had in my dream, I believe that I bring this army under the divine conduct, and shall therewith conquer Darius, and...