 ... 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, for that the washing (with water) would...  “The” Works of Flavius Josephus - Page 531by Flavius Josephus - 1856Full view - About this book
 | 1922 - 506 pages
...acceptable to God, if they made use of it, not in order to the putting away [or the remission] of some sins [only], but for the purification of the body ; supposing still that the soul was thoroughly purified beforehand by righteousness " (Ant. xviii. 5, 2). So far as the main point... | |
 | Roman Malek - 2004 - 630 pages
...the baptism would be acceptable to him if they made use of it, not in order to put away some sins, but for the purification of the body - supposing still that the soul was thoroughly purified beforehand by righteousness. Now, when others came in crowds about him, for... | |
 | Bertram T. Smith - 1927 - 276 pages
...God for those who used it "not to escape from certain sins (jui) iirt rivuv anapTdSwv irapaiTriaet) but for the purification of the body, supposing still that the soul was thoroughly purified beforehand by righteousness," he is concerned to emphasize the ethical character... | |
 | 1961 - 236 pages
...that this baptism would be acceptable to God for those who used it "not to escape from certain sins but for the purification of the body, supposing still that the soul was thoroughly purified beforehand by righteousness," he is concerned to emphasize the ethical character... | |
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