 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
 | 1850 - 836 pages
...describes it in almost the same form of expression, namely : " 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." (Jewish War, Pref. 4.) And this melancholy... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 412 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,... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 530 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,... | |
 | James Foote - 1849 - 674 pages
...with those of Christ as given by Matthew, is very striking: " 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." — " This makes it impossible for me to... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1852 - 712 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 be compared to these of the * That these calamities of the Jews, who were our Saviour's murderers, were to be the greatest that... | |
 | G L. Stone - 1855 - 108 pages
...Here the testimony of Josephus is important. " It appears to me," he says, " that the misfortunes of all men from the beginning of the world, if they be...THESE of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were.''s2 And Gibbon, in speaking of the of the same transaction. Secondly, St. Mark has pointed out... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1855 - 416 pages
...of the sufferings which our LORD here predicts, stating it as his opinion "that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they...compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable as theirs were ;" " nor did any age ever breed a generation more fruitful in wickedness from the beginning... | |
 | Burgon John William - 1855 - 528 pages
...of the sufferings which our LORD here predicts, stating it as his opinion " that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they...compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable as theirs were ;" " nor did any age ever breed a generation more fruitful in wickedness from the beginning... | |
 | Daniel Dana Buck - 1856 - 480 pages
...Josephus himself says, ( War, Pref. s. 4.) " 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." Some idea of the unparalleled sufferings and desolations of those troublous times, may be obtained... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1856 - 384 pages
...fruitful 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,... | |
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