The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior ; to which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations, Volume 4David Huntington, 1815 |
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... bear witness to this thing . * 4. But when the battering engine was brought near , the greatest of the towers was shaken by it , and fell down and broke down a part of the fortifications , so the enemy poured in apace ; and Cornelius ...
... bear witness to this thing . * 4. But when the battering engine was brought near , the greatest of the towers was shaken by it , and fell down and broke down a part of the fortifications , so the enemy poured in apace ; and Cornelius ...
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... bears witness to the same thing in another place , that , at the same time that Sylla passed over into Greece , in order to fight against Mithridates , he sent Lucullus to put an end to a sedition that our nation , of whom the habitable ...
... bears witness to the same thing in another place , that , at the same time that Sylla passed over into Greece , in order to fight against Mithridates , he sent Lucullus to put an end to a sedition that our nation , of whom the habitable ...
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... bears witness to this , when he says thus , in the name of Asinius : " After Mithridates had invad- ed Egypt , and with him Hyrcanus the high - priest of the Jews . " Nay , the same Strabo says thus again , in another place , in the ...
... bears witness to this , when he says thus , in the name of Asinius : " After Mithridates had invad- ed Egypt , and with him Hyrcanus the high - priest of the Jews . " Nay , the same Strabo says thus again , in another place , in the ...
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... bear good- will to our people in general , and to every one of our citi- zens in particular , and treats them with all sorts of kind- néss ; and when any of the Athenians come to him , either as ambassadors , or on any occasion of their ...
... bear good- will to our people in general , and to every one of our citi- zens in particular , and treats them with all sorts of kind- néss ; and when any of the Athenians come to him , either as ambassadors , or on any occasion of their ...
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... of a king , and the Romans , together with Cæsar , their bitter enemies , instead of rulers , for that they would never bear him to be set aside . whom they had appointed to govern . " And when Chap . IX . OF THE JEWS . 27.
... of a king , and the Romans , together with Cæsar , their bitter enemies , instead of rulers , for that they would never bear him to be set aside . whom they had appointed to govern . " And when Chap . IX . OF THE JEWS . 27.
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Page 272 - And thus an end was put to this sedition. " [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 281 - Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and that very justly, as a punishment of what he did against John, who was called the Baptist ; for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism...
Page 263 - 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 133 - Panium. 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 a 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 further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 264 - Temple but offer their sacrifices themselves; yet is their course of life better than that of other men, and they entirely addict themselves to husbandry. 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 263 - ... 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: on account of which doctrines they are able greatly to persuade the body of the people...