The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... means he proved too weak , and failed of his hopes , both as to the forcing the place , and as to his prevailing with the people of Sepphoris to de- liver it up to him . By this means he provoked the Romans to treat the country ...
... means he proved too weak , and failed of his hopes , both as to the forcing the place , and as to his prevailing with the people of Sepphoris to de- liver it up to him . By this means he provoked the Romans to treat the country ...
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... means neither could those that were coming up nor those that were going down stand on their feet , but some of them fell back- ward upon the machines on which they ascended , and were trodden upon ; many of them fell down on the bank ...
... means neither could those that were coming up nor those that were going down stand on their feet , but some of them fell back- ward upon the machines on which they ascended , and were trodden upon ; many of them fell down on the bank ...
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... mean , who hath created the souls of the Jews of such a temper that they despise death . O Josephus ! art thou still fond of life ? and canst thou bear to see the light in a state of slavery ? How soon hast thou forgotten thyself ? How ...
... mean , who hath created the souls of the Jews of such a temper that they despise death . O Josephus ! art thou still fond of life ? and canst thou bear to see the light in a state of slavery ? How soon hast thou forgotten thyself ? How ...
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... means , for the desire of life is a law engraven in them all ; on which ac- count we deem those that openly take it away from us to be our enemies , and those that do it by treachery are punished for so doing . And do not you think that ...
... means , for the desire of life is a law engraven in them all ; on which ac- count we deem those that openly take it away from us to be our enemies , and those that do it by treachery are punished for so doing . And do not you think that ...
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... means neither could those that were coming up nor those that were going down stand on their feet , but some of them fell back- ward upon the machines on which they ascended , and were trodden upon ; many of them fell down on the bank ...
... means neither could those that were coming up nor those that were going down stand on their feet , but some of them fell back- ward upon the machines on which they ascended , and were trodden upon ; many of them fell down on the bank ...
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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...