...man " that was called the Baptist," declares that " he commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety...that the washing [with water] would be acceptable to God, if they made use of it, not in order to the putting away [or the remission] of some sins [only],...

...and says, " For Herod slew him, who 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, etc.'' Josephus also tells of Herod's agreement to divorce his wife and marry Herodias. (5) RULERS....

...toward one another, and piety toward God, and so to come to baptism [shou xili] , for that 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...

...the Baptist. For Herod had slain John — a good man who bade the Jews to cultivate virtue by justice towards one another and piety towards God, and (so) to come to baptism: for immersion, he said, would only appear acceptable to God if practised, not as an expiation for specific...

...Josephus' account of the Baptist, as one who ' ' commanded the Jews to exercise virtue both as to justice towards one another and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism" (Ant. xvin. 5. 2. For a defence of Whiston's rendering as against Jackson and Lake, Beginnings, i....

...Josephus' account of the Baptist, as one who "commanded the Jews to exercise virtue both as to justice towards one another and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism" (Ant. xvnr. 5. 2. For a defence of Whiston's rendering as against Jackson and Lake, Beginnings, i....