The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... give way to the attacks of the horsemen , and were dispersed all over the plain ; which plain was wide , and all fit for the horse- men ; which circumstance was very commodious for the Ro- mans , and occasioned the slaughter of the ...
... give way to the attacks of the horsemen , and were dispersed all over the plain ; which plain was wide , and all fit for the horse- men ; which circumstance was very commodious for the Ro- mans , and occasioned the slaughter of the ...
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... give him a decent funeral : and when he was come out , he filled all the Jews with an unex- pected joy , as though he were preserved by God's providence to be their commander for the time to come . 4. And now Vespasian took along with ...
... give him a decent funeral : and when he was come out , he filled all the Jews with an unex- pected joy , as though he were preserved by God's providence to be their commander for the time to come . 4. And now Vespasian took along with ...
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... gives them of course the watch- word , and other orders , to be by them carried to all that are under their command ; which is also observed when they go to fight , and thereby they turn themselves about on the sudden , when there is ...
... gives them of course the watch- word , and other orders , to be by them carried to all that are under their command ; which is also observed when they go to fight , and thereby they turn themselves about on the sudden , when there is ...
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... gives a sound , at which time nobody lies still , but at the first intimation they take down their tents , and all is made ... give a sound the third time , that they are to go out , in order to excite those that , on any account , are a ...
... gives a sound , at which time nobody lies still , but at the first intimation they take down their tents , and all is made ... give a sound the third time , that they are to go out , in order to excite those that , on any account , are a ...
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... give an exact account of affairs to the principal men at Jerusalem by a letter , that he might not by too much aggrandizing the power of the enemy make them too timorous , nor by relating that their power beneath the truth might ...
... give an exact account of affairs to the principal men at Jerusalem by a letter , that he might not by too much aggrandizing the power of the enemy make them too timorous , nor by relating that their power beneath the truth might ...
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Page 479 - 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...
Page 485 - 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 482 - Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Page 453 - He was the Christ ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third •day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him ; and the ;tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Page 456 - 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. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men...
Page 451 - 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 477 - 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 259 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the temple, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, a voice against all the people.
Page 485 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 479 - And said, 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...