The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 21814 |
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... accused him for assisting Ahab , a inan both impious and wicked ; and said to him , That " God was " displeased with him for so doing , but that he delivered him " from the enemy , notwithstanding he had sinned , because of " his own ...
... accused him for assisting Ahab , a inan both impious and wicked ; and said to him , That " God was " displeased with him for so doing , but that he delivered him " from the enemy , notwithstanding he had sinned , because of " his own ...
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... accused Jeremiah , and bringing him before the court , they required that a sentence and a punishment might be given against him . Now all the rest gave their votes for his condemnation , but the elders refused , who prudently sent away ...
... accused Jeremiah , and bringing him before the court , they required that a sentence and a punishment might be given against him . Now all the rest gave their votes for his condemnation , but the elders refused , who prudently sent away ...
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... accused him falsely , as though he were going as a deserter to the Babylonians ; but Jeremiah said , that he accused him falsely , and added , that he was only going to his own coun- try , but the other would not believe him , but ...
... accused him falsely , as though he were going as a deserter to the Babylonians ; but Jeremiah said , that he accused him falsely , and added , that he was only going to his own coun- try , but the other would not believe him , but ...
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... accused him , and complained of the prophet as of a madman , and one that disheartened their minds , and by the denuncia- tion of miseries , weakened the alacrity of the multitude , who were otherwise ready to expose themselves to ...
... accused him , and complained of the prophet as of a madman , and one that disheartened their minds , and by the denuncia- tion of miseries , weakened the alacrity of the multitude , who were otherwise ready to expose themselves to ...
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... accused by them to " the king of Babylon , and be punished . " But the prophet encouraged him , and said , " he had no cause to fear such " punishment , for that he should not have the experience " of any misfortune , if he would ...
... accused by them to " the king of Babylon , and be punished . " But the prophet encouraged him , and said , " he had no cause to fear such " punishment , for that he should not have the experience " of any misfortune , if he would ...
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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...