Works: To which are Added Three Dissertations Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, Etc. With a Complete Index to the WholeLeavitt and Allen, 1860 - 879 pages |
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... king Agrip- pa and some of his kindred . Now the em- peror Titus was so desirous that the knowledge of these affairs should be taken from these books alone , that he subscribed his own hand to them , and ordered that they should be pub ...
... king Agrip- pa and some of his kindred . Now the em- peror Titus was so desirous that the knowledge of these affairs should be taken from these books alone , that he subscribed his own hand to them , and ordered that they should be pub ...
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... king , and invited him did prevail with Gallus to send them a consi . to come to them ; for his letters to them , in ... king's letters should be put into bonds ; but in a few days I pretended that I was obliged , by a necessary affair ...
... king , and invited him did prevail with Gallus to send them a consi . to come to them ; for his letters to them , in ... king's letters should be put into bonds ; but in a few days I pretended that I was obliged , by a necessary affair ...
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... king received ture , the next day he called together the it : know , therefore , that this vision is for thy wisest men among the Egyptians , desi : ing to good , and foretells a release from thy present learn from them the ...
... king received ture , the next day he called together the it : know , therefore , that this vision is for thy wisest men among the Egyptians , desi : ing to good , and foretells a release from thy present learn from them the ...
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... king of the Assyrians , had made war against supplications put up to him , he freed them them , they lost many of ... king . Now , when on a time he was bringing presents to the king , and had two servants with him , he put a dag- ger on ...
... king of the Assyrians , had made war against supplications put up to him , he freed them them , they lost many of ... king . Now , when on a time he was bringing presents to the king , and had two servants with him , he put a dag- ger on ...
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... king's servants knew him , and be was made known to the king himself , the servants informing him that he was that David who had killed many ten thousands of the Philistines , David was afraid lest the king should put him to death , and ...
... king's servants knew him , and be was made known to the king himself , the servants informing him that he was that David who had killed many ten thousands of the Philistines , David was afraid lest the king should put him to death , and ...
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Page 135 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 199 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 216 - He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. And he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return, and this method of cure is of great force unto this day ; for 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.
Page 290 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 34 - There is a great mountain in Armenia, over Minyas, called Baris, upon which it is reported that many who fled at the time of the Deluge were saved; and that one who was carried in an ark came on shore upon the top of it; and that the remains of the timber were a great while preserved. This might be the man about whom Moses the legislator of the Jews wrote.
Page 216 - ... more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed. And when Eleazar would persuade and demonstrate to the spectators that he had such a power, he set a little way off a cup or basin full of water, and commanded the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 216 - 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 abjured him to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed.
Page 35 - Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God ; and they built a tower, neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work. And, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than any one could expect...
Page 311 - ... and the high priest in purple and scarlet clothing, with his mitre on his head, having the golden plate whereon the name of God was engraved, he approached by himself, and adored that name, and first saluted the high priest.