The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... thought it fit for him , who bare the burden of the whole empire , to despise such misfortunes , he now pretended so to do , and to have a soul superior to all such sad accidents whatsoever . Yet did the disturbance that was in his soul ...
... thought it fit for him , who bare the burden of the whole empire , to despise such misfortunes , he now pretended so to do , and to have a soul superior to all such sad accidents whatsoever . Yet did the disturbance that was in his soul ...
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... thought sufficient to oppose the incursions of the Jews , if they should come against them . And , indeed , the danger of losing Sepphoris would be no small one , in this war that was now beginning , seeing it was the largest city of ...
... thought sufficient to oppose the incursions of the Jews , if they should come against them . And , indeed , the danger of losing Sepphoris would be no small one , in this war that was now beginning , seeing it was the largest city of ...
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... thought by some skilful in these matters , that these accounts of Josephus as to the Roman camp and armor , and conduct in war , are preferable to those in the Roman authors themselves . 2. As for what is within the camp , it 2 * c . v ...
... thought by some skilful in these matters , that these accounts of Josephus as to the Roman camp and armor , and conduct in war , are preferable to those in the Roman authors themselves . 2. As for what is within the camp , it 2 * c . v ...
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... thought of coming to terms , they must suddenly write him an answer ; or if they resolved upon war , they must send him an army sufficient to fight the Romans . Accordingly , he wrote these things , and sent messengers im- mediately to ...
... thought of coming to terms , they must suddenly write him an answer ; or if they resolved upon war , they must send him an army sufficient to fight the Romans . Accordingly , he wrote these things , and sent messengers im- mediately to ...
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... thought it would be entirely wrong in him if he could make no contrivances in opposition to theirs , and that might be for the city's preservation : so he got together his workmen , and ordered them to build the wall higher and when ...
... thought it would be entirely wrong in him if he could make no contrivances in opposition to theirs , and that might be for the city's preservation : so he got together his workmen , and ordered them to build the wall higher and when ...
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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.
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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...