The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... were to fight more by their rage than by sober counsel , and were exposed to soldiers that were exactly obedient , and did every thing they were bidden upon the least intimation . So they were c . II . ] 9 VESPASIAN .
... were to fight more by their rage than by sober counsel , and were exposed to soldiers that were exactly obedient , and did every thing they were bidden upon the least intimation . So they were c . II . ] 9 VESPASIAN .
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... thing making the Jews despair of escaping , excited them to act more boldly ; for nothing makes men fight so desperately in war as necessity . 5. Now when the next day an assault was made by the Romans , the Jews at first stayed out of ...
... thing making the Jews despair of escaping , excited them to act more boldly ; for nothing makes men fight so desperately in war as necessity . 5. Now when the next day an assault was made by the Romans , the Jews at first stayed out of ...
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... thing in that country to have rain in summer : and at this season , during the siege , they were in great distress for some contri- vance to satisfy their thirst ; and they were very sad at this time particularly , as if they were ...
... thing in that country to have rain in summer : and at this season , during the siege , they were in great distress for some contri- vance to satisfy their thirst ; and they were very sad at this time particularly , as if they were ...
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... things raised in the women within the city , which was echoed back at the same time by the cries of such as were slain ... thing of terror wanting that could either affect the hearing or the sight ; yet did a great part of those that ...
... things raised in the women within the city , which was echoed back at the same time by the cries of such as were slain ... thing of terror wanting that could either affect the hearing or the sight ; yet did a great part of those that ...
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... thing to do that to ourselves which we quarrel with them for doing to us . I confess freely , that it is a brave thing to die for liberty , but still so that it be in war , and done by those who take that liberty from us ; but in the ...
... thing to do that to ourselves which we quarrel with them for doing to us . I confess freely , that it is a brave thing to die for liberty , but still so that it be in war , and done by those who take that liberty from us ; but in the ...
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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...