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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... followed them immediately , and buried those instruments and all their materials under ground . How- ever , about the evening the Romans erected the battering ram again , against that part of the wall which had suffered before ; where a ...
... followed them immediately , and buried those instruments and all their materials under ground . How- ever , about the evening the Romans erected the battering ram again , against that part of the wall which had suffered before ; where a ...
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... followed them so closely that they fell in together with them ; but when the Jews were endeavouring to get again within their second wall , their fellow citizens shut them out , as being afraid that the Romans would force themselves in ...
... followed them so closely that they fell in together with them ; but when the Jews were endeavouring to get again within their second wall , their fellow citizens shut them out , as being afraid that the Romans would force themselves in ...
Page 98
... followed them , and slew all that he overtook , as far as Jor- dan ; and when he had driven the whole multitude to the river side , where they were stopped by the current ( for it had been augmented lately by rains , and was not ...
... followed them , and slew all that he overtook , as far as Jor- dan ; and when he had driven the whole multitude to the river side , where they were stopped by the current ( for it had been augmented lately by rains , and was not ...
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... followed him , insomuch that he had not provisions enough to suffice such a multitude . Now , besides this want of provisions that he was in , he was of a barbarous disposition , and bore great anger at this nation , by which means it ...
... followed him , insomuch that he had not provisions enough to suffice such a multitude . Now , besides this want of provisions that he was in , he was of a barbarous disposition , and bore great anger at this nation , by which means it ...
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... followed them himself also to the city , and encompassed the wall all round again ; and when he lighted upon any labourers that were coming thither out of the country , he slew them . Now this Simon , who was with- out the wall , was a ...
... followed them himself also to the city , and encompassed the wall all round again ; and when he lighted upon any labourers that were coming thither out of the country , he slew them . Now this Simon , who was with- out the wall , was a ...
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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.