| Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 486 pages
...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...the clouds, and surrounding of cities Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost, as the Priests were going by night into the inner * [court of the]... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 326 pages
...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...the clouds, and surrounding of cities, Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the * inner [court of the]... | |
| William Brown - 1823 - 532 pages
...prodigies that preceded the destruction of Jerusalem, he tells us, that (i on the 21st day of Ijar, before sunsetting, chariots and troops of soldiers...about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities." Excepting these two passages, which, perhaps, msiy be explained on different principles from those... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1824 - 356 pages
...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...the clouds, and surrounding of cities. Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the * inner [court of the]... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1824 - 596 pages
...prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared : I suppose the account of it would seem incredible, were it not related by those that saw it ; and were not the events that followed of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals. For before sunsetting, chariots, and troops... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1827 - 512 pages
...were formed by terrour in their imaginations." (Bk. in. §. 5.) "Before sun-setting, (says Josephus,) chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were...the clouds, and surrounding of cities. Moreover, at that feast, which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the inner Court of the... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1831 - 544 pages
...were formed by terrour in their imaginations." (Bk. in. §. 0.) " Before sun-setting, (says Josephus,) chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were...the clouds, and surrounding of cities. Moreover, at that feast, which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the inner Court of the... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1833 - 450 pages
...night." This, the learned of Jerusalem understood as a signal of approaching desolation. Moreover " before sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers,...seen running about among the clouds and surrounding cities." " At the feast of Penteco-st, as the priests were going by night into the inner court of the... | |
| British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...phenomenon appeared ; I suppose the account of it would seem a fable, were it not related by those who saw it, and were not the events that followed it of...about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities." This is not the only instance of the kind, which is related to have astonished and affrighted the inhabitants... | |
| Benjamin Wills Newton - 1848 - 108 pages
...accord, and could not be shut again without great difficulty. Fifthly, on one occasion, before sunset, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were...seen running about among the clouds and surrounding cities. Lastly, the priests, when going by night into the inner court of the temple, said they felt... | |
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