| Flavius Josephus - 1889 - 584 pages
...twentieth day of the month Artemisius [Jyar,] a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared : 1 suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...it, and were not the events that followed it of so consid1 Since Jo*ephii8 still used the Syro- Macedonian mouth Xanthicus for tlia Jt:wi.--h month Nisan,... | |
| Ernest Hampden-Cook - 1895 - 224 pages
...half-au-hour. A few days after that feast, a certain prodigious and incredible phenonoinen appeared. I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...their armour were seen running about among the clouds" (Wars vi. 5. 2). The prophet Joel had predicted that in the ' last days ' of the Jewish dispensation,... | |
| Edgar Lucien Larkin - 1903 - 342 pages
...hours. The axis of the bow or arch was parallel to the magnetic axis of the earth. XX. AURORAL DISPLAYS. "For before sunsetting chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were seen running among the clouds, and surrounding the city." Jgsephus, "Wars of the Jews," book vi :5-3, on Vespasian,... | |
| Henry Burton Sharman - 1908 - 404 pages
...certain marvelous and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose what I am going to tell would seem a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the sad events that followed it deserving of such signs. Before sunset chariots were seen in the air, and... | |
| Henry Burton Sharman - 1909 - 422 pages
...certain marvelous and incredible phenomenon appeared. I suppose what I am going to tell would seem a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the sad events that followed it deserving of such signs. Before sunset chariots were seen in the air, and... | |
| Climenson Yelverton Charles Dawbarn - 1923 - 362 pages
...grim finish to the whole were horrid portents and prodigies, and on one occasion before sun setting chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were seen running about amongst the clouds and surrounding the cities. But most terrible of figures was that of Jesus, son... | |
| R. C. Sproul - 2000 - 260 pages
...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,...sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities. Moreover at that feast which... | |
| C. Marvin Pate - 1998 - 258 pages
...forces behind this earthly judgment in AD 70: A certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared; I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable,...considerable a nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sun setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds,... | |
| Peter Bluer - 2001 - 476 pages
...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,...that saw it, and were not the events that followed of so a considerable nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sun-setting, chariots and troops... | |
| Robert A. Jones - 2002 - 278 pages
...the unusual event he is reporting as he refers to it as "a prodigious and incredible phenomenon; I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those who saw it." He includes it in his history in this same passage because of the witness of persons who... | |
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