“The” Works of Flavius Josephus, Volume 2Bohn, 1856 |
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... appearing to have betrayed his brethren out of his concern for the preservation of Herod , and not rather out of his ill will to them , and , before them , to his father himself ; and this was the accursed state he was in . Now , all ...
... appearing to have betrayed his brethren out of his concern for the preservation of Herod , and not rather out of his ill will to them , and , before them , to his father himself ; and this was the accursed state he was in . Now , all ...
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... appeared evidently that they were guilty of a wicked attempt against their father ; and that even the contentions there were in the king's family were indications that he had ever managed affairs out of the sincerest affection to his ...
... appeared evidently that they were guilty of a wicked attempt against their father ; and that even the contentions there were in the king's family were indications that he had ever managed affairs out of the sincerest affection to his ...
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... appeared to be of great importance to him , he sent for the diviners , whose study was employed about dreams . And while some were of one opinion , and some of another ( for all their interpretations did not agree , ) Simon , a man of ...
... appeared to be of great importance to him , he sent for the diviners , whose study was employed about dreams . And while some were of one opinion , and some of another ( for all their interpretations did not agree , ) Simon , a man of ...
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... appeared among any other men , neither Greeks nor barbarians , no , not for a little time , so hath it endured a long while among them . This is demonstrated by that institution of theirs , which will not suffer any thing to hinder them ...
... appeared among any other men , neither Greeks nor barbarians , no , not for a little time , so hath it endured a long while among them . This is demonstrated by that institution of theirs , which will not suffer any thing to hinder them ...
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... appeared to them alive again the third day ; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonder . ful things concerning him . And the tribe of Christians , so narned from him , are not extinct at this day . 4. About ...
... appeared to them alive again the third day ; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonder . ful things concerning him . And the tribe of Christians , so narned from him , are not extinct at this day . 4. About ...
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Page 547 - 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 544 - 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, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 543 - Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Page 530 - 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 547 - 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 50 - Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and that very justly as a punishment of what he did against John, that was called the Baptist; for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism...
Page 427 - O thou miserable infant! for whom shall I preserve thee in this war, this famine, and this sedition? As to the war with the Romans, if they preserve our lives, we must be slaves. This famine also will destroy us, even before that slavery comes upon us. Yet are these seditious rogues more terrible than both the other. Come on; be thou my food, and be thou a fury to these seditious varlets, and a by-word to the world, which is all that is now wanting to complete the calamities of us Jews.
Page 163 - Accordingly it appears to me, that * the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were ; while the authors of them were not foreigners neither.
Page 531 - ... was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue both as to righteousness towards one another and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism, for that the washing (with water) would...
Page 478 - It is true, our history hath been. written since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of prophets since that time...