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Page 161
I also received from Vespasian no small quan . lity of land , as a free gitt in Judea
; about which time I divorced my wife also , as not pleased with her behaviour ,
though not till she had been the mother of three children , two of which are dead ...
I also received from Vespasian no small quan . lity of land , as a free gitt in Judea
; about which time I divorced my wife also , as not pleased with her behaviour ,
though not till she had been the mother of three children , two of which are dead ...
Page 295
... received the security of his right hand , and had received a Roman garrison ;
and at this time withal they received Ves pasian , the Roman general , very kindly
, and readily promised that they would assist him against their own countrymen .
... received the security of his right hand , and had received a Roman garrison ;
and at this time withal they received Ves pasian , the Roman general , very kindly
, and readily promised that they would assist him against their own countrymen .
Page 316
For from him it is that we have received our being , and we ought to leave it to his
disposal to take that being away from us . The bodies of all men are , indeed
mortal , and are created out or corruptible matter ; but the soul is ever immortal ,
and ...
For from him it is that we have received our being , and we ought to leave it to his
disposal to take that being away from us . The bodies of all men are , indeed
mortal , and are created out or corruptible matter ; but the soul is ever immortal ,
and ...
Page 360
Thus they received Simon at their borders , where they fought him , and
continued the battle all that day ; and the dispute lay whether they had conquered
him or been conquered by him . So he went back to Nain , as did the Idumeans
return ...
Thus they received Simon at their borders , where they fought him , and
continued the battle all that day ; and the dispute lay whether they had conquered
him or been conquered by him . So he went back to Nain , as did the Idumeans
return ...
Page 424
Upon this he came running to receive him readily : Artorius then threw himself
down upon him , and saved his own life , while he that received him was dashed
so vehemently against the stone pavement by the other ' s weight , that he died ...
Upon this he came running to receive him readily : Artorius then threw himself
down upon him , and saved his own life , while he that received him was dashed
so vehemently against the stone pavement by the other ' s weight , that he died ...
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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.
Page 38 - They also believe, that souls have an immortal vigour in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments, according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life ; and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again...
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.
Page 541 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Page 526 - 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 427 - Besides these, a few days after that feast, on the one and twentieth day of the month Artemisius, [Jyar,] a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared: I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the events that followed it of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities.
Page 541 - Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents ; they have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind...
Page 247 - These men are despisers of riches, and so very communicative as raises our admiration. Nor is there any one to be found among them who hath more than another; for it is a law among them, that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order...
Page 39 - It also deserves our admiration, how much they exceed all other men that addict themselves to virtue, and this in righteousness; and indeed to such a degree, that as it hath never appeared among any other men, neither Greeks nor barbarians, no, not for a little time, so hath it endured a long while among them.
Page 537 - 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.
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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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