The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... 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 plainly appear by the solici- tude he was in [ how ...
... 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 plainly appear by the solici- tude he was in [ how ...
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... whole , he sent this man to take upon him the command of the armies that were in Syria ; but this not without great encomiums and flattering compellations , such as necessity required , and such as might mollify him into complaisance ...
... whole , he sent this man to take upon him the command of the armies that were in Syria ; but this not without great encomiums and flattering compellations , such as necessity required , and such as might mollify him into complaisance ...
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... whole nation's [ fidelity to the Romans . ] CHAPTER III . A DESCRIPTION OF GALILEE , SAMARIA , AND JUDEA . § 1. Now Phoenicia and Syria encompass about the Gali- lees , which are two , and called the Upper Galilee and the Lower . They ...
... whole nation's [ fidelity to the Romans . ] CHAPTER III . A DESCRIPTION OF GALILEE , SAMARIA , AND JUDEA . § 1. Now Phoenicia and Syria encompass about the Gali- lees , which are two , and called the Upper Galilee and the Lower . They ...
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... whole army , including the auxiliaries sent by the kings , as well horsemen as footmen , when all were united together , amounted to sixty thousand , besides the servants , who , as they followed in vast numbers , so because they had ...
... whole army , including the auxiliaries sent by the kings , as well horsemen as footmen , when all were united together , amounted to sixty thousand , besides the servants , who , as they followed in vast numbers , so because they had ...
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... whole , whose depth is four cubits , and its breadth equal . 3. When they have thus secured themselves , they live together by companies , with quietness and decency , as are all their other affairs managed with good order and security ...
... whole , whose depth is four cubits , and its breadth equal . 3. When they have thus secured themselves , they live together by companies , with quietness and decency , as are all their other affairs managed with good order and security ...
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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...