“The” Works of Flavius Josephus, Volume 2Bohn, 1856 |
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... leave off his affection for his wife : that he would rather choose to die than to live and be deprived of a ife that was so dear unto him . " Hereupon Herod put off his anger against Pheroras on these accounts , although he himself ...
... leave off his affection for his wife : that he would rather choose to die than to live and be deprived of a ife that was so dear unto him . " Hereupon Herod put off his anger against Pheroras on these accounts , although he himself ...
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... leave an example of life that would never be forgotten to posterity ; since that common calamity of dying cannot be avoided by our living so as to escape any such dangers ; that therefore it is a right thing for those who are in love ...
... leave an example of life that would never be forgotten to posterity ; since that common calamity of dying cannot be avoided by our living so as to escape any such dangers ; that therefore it is a right thing for those who are in love ...
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... leave to speak his mind freely , and said , that " the vision denoted a change in the affairs of Archelaus , and that not for the better ; that oxen , because that animal takes uneasy pains in his labours , denoted afflictions , and ...
... leave to speak his mind freely , and said , that " the vision denoted a change in the affairs of Archelaus , and that not for the better ; that oxen , because that animal takes uneasy pains in his labours , denoted afflictions , and ...
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... leave off any farther opposition to it , by the persuasion of Joazar , who was the son of Boethus , and high priest ; so they , being overpersuaded by Jo . azar's words , gave an account of their estates , without any dispute about it ...
... leave off any farther opposition to it , by the persuasion of Joazar , who was the son of Boethus , and high priest ; so they , being overpersuaded by Jo . azar's words , gave an account of their estates , without any dispute about it ...
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... leave off dis- turbing him , and go their ways home . But they threw themselves upon the ground , and laid their necks bare , and said they would take their death very will- ingly , rather than the wisdom of their laws should be ...
... leave off dis- turbing him , and go their ways home . But they threw themselves upon the ground , and laid their necks bare , and said they would take their death very will- ingly , rather than the wisdom of their laws should be ...
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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...