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Page 147
80 more answers , but called a council of their friends together , and taking John
into their consultation , they took counsel together by what means they might at .
lack me . John ' s opinion was , that they should write to all the cities and villages
...
80 more answers , but called a council of their friends together , and taking John
into their consultation , they took counsel together by what means they might at .
lack me . John ' s opinion was , that they should write to all the cities and villages
...
Page 179
He also made other cities free from their dominion that lay in the midst of the
country , such , I mean , as they had not ... Hyrcanus afforded hing some
assistance , and sent him provisions by the means of Antipater ; whom al . so
Scaurus sent to ...
He also made other cities free from their dominion that lay in the midst of the
country , such , I mean , as they had not ... Hyrcanus afforded hing some
assistance , and sent him provisions by the means of Antipater ; whom al . so
Scaurus sent to ...
Page 259
Now as to the many things in which Nero acted like a madman , out of the
extravagant degree of the felicity and riches which he enjoyed , and by that
means used his good fortune to the injury of others ; and after what manner ho
slew his ...
Now as to the many things in which Nero acted like a madman , out of the
extravagant degree of the felicity and riches which he enjoyed , and by that
means used his good fortune to the injury of others ; and after what manner ho
slew his ...
Page 463
This is what our enemies themselves cannot by any means hinder , although they
be very desirous to take us alive . Nor can we propose to ourselves any more to
fight them and beat them It had been proper , indeed , for us to have conjectured
...
This is what our enemies themselves cannot by any means hinder , although they
be very desirous to take us alive . Nor can we propose to ourselves any more to
fight them and beat them It had been proper , indeed , for us to have conjectured
...
Page 478
The Thracians were also known to them by the nearness of their countries , and
the Scythians by the means of those that sailed to Pontus ; for it was so in geue .
ral , that all maritime nations , and those that inhabited near the eastern or west ...
The Thracians were also known to them by the nearness of their countries , and
the Scythians by the means of those that sailed to Pontus ; for it was so in geue .
ral , that all maritime nations , and those that inhabited near the eastern or west ...
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Page 541 - 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.
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Page 526 - 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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| Title | The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Volume 2 The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Flavius Josephus |
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| Publisher | J. Grigg, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2007 |
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