 Accordingly it appears to me, that * the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were ; while the authors of them were not foreigners neither.  “The” Works of Flavius Josephus - Page 163by Flavius Josephus - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Mary Abby Thaxter Peloubet - 1881 - 338 pages
...Cambridge Bible. 19. In those days shall be affliction, etc. Josephus declares that " the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not so terrible as theirs were," " nor did any age ever produce a generation... | |
 | Mark (st.) - 1883 - 360 pages
...atrocities of the siege of Jerusalem are fully described by Josephus. He declares that " the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not so terrible as theirs were," " nor did any age ever produce a generation... | |
 | 1884 - 812 pages
...fruitful in wickedness from the beginning of the world/ ' It appears to me that the misfortunes of all men from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not во considerable.' These remarks must, indeed, have been fully justified... | |
 | George W. France - 1890 - 630 pages
...a higher degree of felicity than others, and yet at last fell into the sorest calamities again .... But if any one be inflexible in his censures of me,...the facts themselves to the historical part, and the lamentations to the writer himself only .... And I have written it down for the sake of those that... | |
 | Andrew Webster Archibald - 1890 - 264 pages
...the Jewish historian in giving a summary of the war? — "It appears to me that the misfortunes of all men from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were." The fact seems to have corresponded to the... | |
 | Francis Nathan Peloubet - 1901 - 432 pages
...' ' . Buoh aa was not since the beginning of the world. Josephus declares that " the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not so terrible as theirs were," " nor did any age ever produce a generation... | |
 | Andrew Edward Breen - 1908 - 720 pages
...Josephus declares of the fall of Jerusalem : "Accordingly it appears to me, that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were." — Preface to Wars of the Jews, 4. The horror... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1909 - 384 pages
...in wickedness from the beginning of the world." Again : " It appears to me that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the •world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are not so considerable. For in reality it was God who condemned the whole nation,... | |
 | R. C. Sproul - 2000 - 260 pages
...last fell into the sorest of calamities again. Accordingly it appears to me, that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they...the facts themselves to the historical part, and the lamentations to the writer himself only. ti Josephus was passionately involved in his own account of... | |
 | C. Marvin Pate - 1998 - 258 pages
...against cities, or nations against nations. . . . Accordingly it appears to me, that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they...of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were. (War, preface to 1 and 4) Jesus' prophecy about the city had come true (Matt. 24:15/Mark 13:14/Luke... | |
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