The Works of Flavius Josephus ...: To which are Added, Three Dissertations, Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, Etc. with an Index to the Whole, Volume 4J. Richardson and Company, 1822 |
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... bodies made , when they were dashed against the wall ; and , indeed , dreadful was the clamour which these things raised in the women within the city , which was echoed back at the same time by the cries of such as were slain ; while ...
... bodies made , when they were dashed against the wall ; and , indeed , dreadful was the clamour which these things raised in the women within the city , which was echoed back at the same time by the cries of such as were slain ; while ...
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... bodies of men ; but then for the useless part of the citizens , the women and children , when they saw their city encompassed by a threefold army ( for none of the usual guards that had been fighting before were removed ) ; when they ...
... bodies of men ; but then for the useless part of the citizens , the women and children , when they saw their city encompassed by a threefold army ( for none of the usual guards that had been fighting before were removed ) ; when they ...
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... bodies of all men are indeed mortal , and are created out of corruptible matter ; but the soul is ever immortal , and is a portion of the divinity that inhabits our bodies . Besides , if any one destroys or abuses a depositum he hath ...
... bodies of all men are indeed mortal , and are created out of corruptible matter ; but the soul is ever immortal , and is a portion of the divinity that inhabits our bodies . Besides , if any one destroys or abuses a depositum he hath ...
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... bodies ; for the Romans came upon those that were carried to the shore , and destroyed them ; and the number of the bodies that were thus thrown out of the sea was four thousand and two hundred . The Romans also took the city without ...
... bodies ; for the Romans came upon those that were carried to the shore , and destroyed them ; and the number of the bodies that were thus thrown out of the sea was four thousand and two hundred . The Romans also took the city without ...
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... bodies ; for not one of them escaped . And a terrible stink , and a very sad sight there was on the following days over that country ; for as for the shores , they were full of shipwrecks , and of dead bodies all swelled ; and as the ...
... bodies ; for not one of them escaped . And a terrible stink , and a very sad sight there was on the following days over that country ; for as for the shores , they were full of shipwrecks , and of dead bodies all swelled ; and as the ...
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Page 390 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 368 - 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 390 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 394 - And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Moloch ; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination to cause Judah to sin.
Page 397 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son...
Page 217 - 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. l 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 sunsetting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities.
Page 394 - 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 395 - 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 396 - Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 395 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.