The seven books of the Jewish war, with two books against Apion, and a discourse concerning Hades, to which are added three dissertations concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, and God's command to Abraham, etc., and an index to the wholeFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... laid waste the country about the Pel- la , though even there he was under great hardĺhip ; for his ar- my was ... lay heavy upon Hyrcanus and over - ran Judea , and was likely to overturn him quickly ; and indeed * Take the like ...
... laid waste the country about the Pel- la , though even there he was under great hardĺhip ; for his ar- my was ... lay heavy upon Hyrcanus and over - ran Judea , and was likely to overturn him quickly ; and indeed * Take the like ...
Page 32
... lay above the ground ] , preserved in hon- eny , until it was fent to the Jews by Antony , in order to be buried in ... laid against him before his tribunal , for the mifchiefs he had done to the Romans . But Ptolemy the fon of Menneus ...
... lay above the ground ] , preserved in hon- eny , until it was fent to the Jews by Antony , in order to be buried in ... laid against him before his tribunal , for the mifchiefs he had done to the Romans . But Ptolemy the fon of Menneus ...
Page 43
... laid a plot for Phafaelus , and perfuaded him to go as an ambaffador to Barza- pharnes , in order to put an end to the war ; although Herod was very earnest with him to the contrary , and exhorted him to kill the plotter , but not ...
... laid a plot for Phafaelus , and perfuaded him to go as an ambaffador to Barza- pharnes , in order to put an end to the war ; although Herod was very earnest with him to the contrary , and exhorted him to kill the plotter , but not ...
Page 44
... laid ambushes for them ; and when they were come to one of the maritime cities called Ecdippon , they perceived that a plot was laid for them ; for they were there intormed of the promife of a thoufand talents , and how Antigonus had ...
... laid ambushes for them ; and when they were come to one of the maritime cities called Ecdippon , they perceived that a plot was laid for them ; for they were there intormed of the promife of a thoufand talents , and how Antigonus had ...
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... laid aside fuch cares , and proceeded on his journey . But now , after fome time , the king of Arabia repented of what he had done , and fent prelently away meffengers to call him back : Herod had prevented them , and was come to ...
... laid aside fuch cares , and proceeded on his journey . But now , after fome time , the king of Arabia repented of what he had done , and fent prelently away meffengers to call him back : Herod had prevented them , and was come to ...
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Page 519 - 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 533 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 533 - 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 531 - Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Page 533 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.
Page 415 - ... they dig a trench quite round about it, till the hidden part of the root be very small, they then tie a dog to it, and when the dog tries hard to follow him that tied him, this root is easily plucked up, but the dog dies immediately, as if it were instead of the man that would take the plant away; nor after this need any one be afraid of taking it into their hands.
Page 453 - As for ourselves, therefore, we neither inhabit a maritime country, nor do we delight in merchandise, nor in such a mixture with other men as arises from it; but the cities we dwell in are remote from the sea, and having a fruitful country for our habitation, we take pains in cultivating that only. Our principal care of all is this, to educate our children well...
Page 349 - Then did the famine widen its progress, and devoured the people by whole houses and families; the upper rooms were full of women and children that were dying by famine, and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the children also and the young men wandered about the market-places like shadows, all swelled with the famine, and fell down dead, wheresoever their misery seized them.
Page 3 - I have proposed to myself; for the sake of such as live under the government of the Romans, to translate those books into the Greek tongue, which I formerly composed in the language of our country, and sent to the Upper Barbarians...
Page 383 - ... as well those that made supplication for their lives, as those that defended themselves by fighting. The flame was also carried a long way, and made an echo, together with the groans of those that were slain; and because this hill was high, and the works at the temple were very great, one would have thought the whole city had been on fire.