 | Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1859 - 476 pages
...certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and...a nature as to deserve such signals ; for, before sun* Flutarchus : De Sera numinus vindicata. setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour... | |
 | Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1860 - 456 pages
...certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and...sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding cities. Moreover, at the feast which... | |
 | Philip Charles Soulbien Desprez - 1861 - 540 pages
...deny, if it could be denied, that the account of one of these prodigies would seem a fable, were if not related by those that saw it, and were not the...considerable a nature as to deserve such signals. The assertion made, that these signs were so evident, and did so plainly foretel their future desolation.... | |
 | Charles Timins - 1862 - 400 pages
...was coming upon them. Besides these ..•.,. a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared before sun-setting chariots and troops of soldiers...the clouds, and surrounding of cities. Moreover at that feast which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the inner temple, as their... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 554 pages
...prophet, as He foretold, appeared ; a dismal comet or sword-like star shone over the city for a year ; chariots, and troops of soldiers in their armour, were seen running about amongst the clouds and the surrounding towns. As the priests were going into the temple, before its... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 558 pages
...prophet-, as He foretold, appeared ; a dismal comet or sword-like star shone over the city for a year ; chariots, and troops of soldiers in their armour, were seen running about amongst the clouds and the surrounding towns. As the priests were going into the temple, before its... | |
 | Evan Powell Meredith - 1864 - 634 pages
...certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and...considerable a nature as to deserve such signals ; for before sunset, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour, were seen running about among the clouds and... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1868 - 506 pages
...difficulty by twenty men, opened in the night of its own accord. A few days after that feast, he says, "Before sunsetting, chariots and troops of soldiers...about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities." A great noise, as of the sound of a multitude, was heard in the temple, saying, "LET us REMOVE HENCE."... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1869 - 612 pages
...prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared: 1 suppose the account of it would seem to be a i'ablc, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the events that followed it of so consid1 Since Josephus atill used the Sjro-Macedoniau mouth Xanthicus for the Jcwi.-h month Nisan,... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1871 - 748 pages
...the account of it would appear to be a fable, were it not ROMAN SOLDIEES. SYEIAN BANDITTI. PI. CXXI1. related by those that saw it, and were not the events...seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding the cities. Moreover, at the feast which is called Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into... | |
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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: I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that... 
