Works: With Three Dissertations, Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Etc. and Explanatory Notes and ObservationsH.S. & J. Applegate & Company, 1851 - 648 pages |
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... Hyrcanus . This Simon Psellus had nine sons , one of whom was Matthias , called Ephlias ; he married the daughter of Jonathan the high priest , which Jonathan was the first of the sons of Asamoneus , who was high priest , and was the ...
... Hyrcanus . This Simon Psellus had nine sons , one of whom was Matthias , called Ephlias ; he married the daughter of Jonathan the high priest , which Jonathan was the first of the sons of Asamoneus , who was high priest , and was the ...
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... Hyrcanus , is alive . After this I mar- ried a wife who had lived at Crete , but a Jew by birth ; a woman she was of eminent parents , and uch as were the most illustrious in all the coun- try , and whose character was beyond that of ...
... Hyrcanus , is alive . After this I mar- ried a wife who had lived at Crete , but a Jew by birth ; a woman she was of eminent parents , and uch as were the most illustrious in all the coun- try , and whose character was beyond that of ...
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... Hyrcanus . Now it is here very well worth our observation , that the oracle before us was that by which God appeared to be present with and give directions to his people Israel as their king , all the while they submitted to him in that ...
... Hyrcanus . Now it is here very well worth our observation , that the oracle before us was that by which God appeared to be present with and give directions to his people Israel as their king , all the while they submitted to him in that ...
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... Hyrcanus the high priest , when he was besieged by Antiochus , that was called the Pious . the son of Demetrius , and was desirous of giving him money to get him to raise the siege , and draw off his army ; and having no other method of ...
... Hyrcanus the high priest , when he was besieged by Antiochus , that was called the Pious . the son of Demetrius , and was desirous of giving him money to get him to raise the siege , and draw off his army ; and having no other method of ...
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... Hyrcanus . 1. AFTER this , Antiochus made a friendship and a league with Ptolemy ; and gave him his daughter Cleopatra to wife , and yielded up to him Colosyria , and Samaria , and Judea , and Phoenicia , by way of dowry . And upon the ...
... Hyrcanus . 1. AFTER this , Antiochus made a friendship and a league with Ptolemy ; and gave him his daughter Cleopatra to wife , and yielded up to him Colosyria , and Samaria , and Judea , and Phoenicia , by way of dowry . And upon the ...
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Page 351 - 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 234 - ... happened ; for Alexander, when he saw the multitude at a distance, in white garments, while the priests stood clothed with fine linen, and the high priest in purple and scarlet clothing, with his mitre on his head, having the golden plate whereon the name of God was engraved, he approached by himself, and adored that name, and first saluted the high priest.
Page 214 - Daniel did also declare the meaning of the stone to the king"; but I do not think proper to relate it, since I have only undertaken to describe things past or things present, but not things that are future...
Page 25 - ... made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day.
Page 269 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the laws of Moses; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 318 - ... and this cloister deserves to be mentioned better than any other under the sun; for while the valley was very deep, and its bottom could not be seen, if you looked from above into the depth, this farther vastly high elevation of the cloister stood upon that height...
Page 128 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 316 - This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth ; and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain ; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still farther, by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.