The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 41814 |
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... CHRIST , JOHN THE BAPTIST , JAMES THE JUST , GOD'S COMMAND TO ABRAHAM , & c . WITH AN INDEX TO THE WHOLE . TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM WHISTON , A. M. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE , VOL . IV . Gaye Taylor EDINBURGH ...
... CHRIST , JOHN THE BAPTIST , JAMES THE JUST , GOD'S COMMAND TO ABRAHAM , & c . WITH AN INDEX TO THE WHOLE . TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM WHISTON , A. M. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE , VOL . IV . Gaye Taylor EDINBURGH ...
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... Christ's threaten- ings so often made , that he would come at the head of the Roman army for their destruction . But even this interpretation has but a very small degree of pro- bability . If I were to make au emendation , by mere ...
... Christ's threaten- ings so often made , that he would come at the head of the Roman army for their destruction . But even this interpretation has but a very small degree of pro- bability . If I were to make au emendation , by mere ...
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... Christ 70 , and amounts to 1,337,490 . Nor could there have been that number of Jews in Jerusalem to be destroyed in this siege , as will be presently set down by Josephus , but that both Jews and proselytes of justice were just then ...
... Christ 70 , and amounts to 1,337,490 . Nor could there have been that number of Jews in Jerusalem to be destroyed in this siege , as will be presently set down by Josephus , but that both Jews and proselytes of justice were just then ...
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... Christ , than to the bare letter of them in the Old Testament , whence alone Josephus took them when he wrote his Antiquities : nor , as I think , can some of these laws , though generally excellent in their kind , be properly now found ...
... Christ , than to the bare letter of them in the Old Testament , whence alone Josephus took them when he wrote his Antiquities : nor , as I think , can some of these laws , though generally excellent in their kind , be properly now found ...
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... Christ . For Minos and Rhadamanthus are not the judges , as you Greeks do suppose , but he whom God and the Father hath glorified ; concerning whom we have elsewhere given a more particular account , for the sake of those who seek after ...
... Christ . For Minos and Rhadamanthus are not the judges , as you Greeks do suppose , but he whom God and the Father hath glorified ; concerning whom we have elsewhere given a more particular account , for the sake of those who seek after ...
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Page 395 - And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Page 372 - 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. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men...
Page 396 - 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 391 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 398 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac : and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 369 - 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 396 - 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 217 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the temple, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, a voice against all the people.
Page 391 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 394 - And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.