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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... things , and having many ten thousands of cattle therein.- When Philip was informed of these things , he also came to the citadel of Gamala ; and when he was come , the multitude cried aloud , and desired him to resume the government ...
... things , and having many ten thousands of cattle therein.- When Philip was informed of these things , he also came to the citadel of Gamala ; and when he was come , the multitude cried aloud , and desired him to resume the government ...
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... things , grew weary , and went on slowly , it be- those that follow his will , and do not venture to ing a large subject , and a difficult thing to trans - break his excellent laws ; and that so far as men late our history into a ...
... things , grew weary , and went on slowly , it be- those that follow his will , and do not venture to ing a large subject , and a difficult thing to trans - break his excellent laws ; and that so far as men late our history into a ...
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... thing he should write tend to the promotion of virtue in his readers ; I mean , unless they be taught first of all that God is the Father and Lord of all things , and sees all things ; and that thence he bestows a happy life upon those ...
... thing he should write tend to the promotion of virtue in his readers ; I mean , unless they be taught first of all that God is the Father and Lord of all things , and sees all things ; and that thence he bestows a happy life upon those ...
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... things else alike , differed only in this thing . This was done out of his fear , that before his father had made his supplications , he should be caught in his evil practice , and lest he should , on the contrary , pro- voke his father ...
... things else alike , differed only in this thing . This was done out of his fear , that before his father had made his supplications , he should be caught in his evil practice , and lest he should , on the contrary , pro- voke his father ...
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... things thereby signified , because it declared the future happiness of his son ; and that , by the blessing of God , the time should come when he should be honored , and thought worthy of worship by his parents and brethren , as ...
... things thereby signified , because it declared the future happiness of his son ; and that , by the blessing of God , the time should come when he should be honored , and thought worthy of worship by his parents and brethren , as ...
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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.