The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior: with Three Dissertations, Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, Etc., and Explanatory Notes and ObservationsApplegate, 1850 - 648 pages |
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... hath heard , entreated them that they would keep their alle- that " you intend to march against the king ; but , giance to them . But he could not gain his pur- " not believing that report , he hath sent us to pose , although he did his ...
... hath heard , entreated them that they would keep their alle- that " you intend to march against the king ; but , giance to them . But he could not gain his pur- " not believing that report , he hath sent us to pose , although he did his ...
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... hath laid many snares for thee , to rebuke him , and to exhort him to be subject to thee hereafter . We are also desirous to consult with thee about our common concerns , and what is fit to be done . We there- fore desire thee to come ...
... hath laid many snares for thee , to rebuke him , and to exhort him to be subject to thee hereafter . We are also desirous to consult with thee about our common concerns , and what is fit to be done . We there- fore desire thee to come ...
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... hath not deserved to die for them , but he hath deserved it by his desire of tyrannizing , and by cheating the multitude of the Galileans with his speeches , in order to gain the dominion over them . " When he had said this , they ...
... hath not deserved to die for them , but he hath deserved it by his desire of tyrannizing , and by cheating the multitude of the Galileans with his speeches , in order to gain the dominion over them . " When he had said this , they ...
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... hath not understood his nature in a manner worthy of him ; and hath not ever as- year of Trajan , A. D. 100. See the note on Antiq b.1 . against Apion , sect . 1. Who he was we do not know for as to Epaphroditus , the freedman of Nero ...
... hath not understood his nature in a manner worthy of him ; and hath not ever as- year of Trajan , A. D. 100. See the note on Antiq b.1 . against Apion , sect . 1. Who he was we do not know for as to Epaphroditus , the freedman of Nero ...
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... hath sent me to you , being desirous to take this damsel for his son to wife . He is his legitimate son ; and is brought up as his only heir . He could indeed have had the most happy of all the women in that country for him , but he ...
... hath sent me to you , being desirous to take this damsel for his son to wife . He is his legitimate son ; and is brought up as his only heir . He could indeed have had the most happy of all the women in that country for him , but he ...
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Page 27 - ... made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day.
Page 128 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 27 - 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.
Page 165 - I have seen a certain man of my own country, whose name was Eleazar, releasing people that were demoniacal in the presence of Vespasian, and his sons, and his captains, and the whole multitude of his soldiers. The manner of the cure was this, — He put a ring that had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the demon through his nostrils; and when the man fell down immediately, he adjured him to return into him no more, making still...
Page 225 - Jerusalem; but then the entire body of the people of Israel remained in that country, wherefore there are but two tribes in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes art beyo'nd Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers.
Page 271 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the law of Moses ; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say, that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 219 - 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 fulfil what was so written ; so he called for the most eminent Jews that were in Babylon, and said to them, that " he gave them leave to go back to their own country, and to rebuild their city, Jerusalem...
Page 320 - These men live the same kind of life as do those whom the Greeks call Pythagoreans, concerning whom I shall discourse more fully elsewhere. However, it is but fit to set down here the reasons wherefore Herod had these Essenes in such honour, and thought higher of them than their mortal nature required...
Page 33 - And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Page 34 - But Lot's wife continually turning back to view the city as she went from it, and being too nicely inquisitive what would become of it, although God had forbidden her so to do, was changed into a pillar of salt : for I have seen it, and it remains at this day.