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
| Paul T. Butler - 1998 - 324 pages
...in the history of the world when he wrote, "Accordingly it appears to men, that the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they...of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were. Neither did any other city ever suffer such miseries, nor did any age ever breed a generation more... | |
| Thomas Ice, Kenneth L. Gentry - 228 pages
...our times, but, in a manner, of those that ever were heard of (Wars, Preface, 1). "The misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to these of the Jews, are not considerable as they were" (Wars, Preface, 4). "Neither did any other city ever suffer such miseries... | |
| David Baron - 2000 - 324 pages
...history of The Jewish Wars, says in the Preface : " Accordingly it appears to me that the misfortunes of all men from the beginning of the world, if they be compared with those of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were . . . this makes it impossible for me... | |
| Morris Glen Bowers - 2005 - 509 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 Jews (3) are not so considerable as they were; while the authors of them were not foreigners neither. This... | |
| Many Bible Students - 1914 - 788 pages
..."Wars of the Jews," Josephus, referring to the destruction of Jerusalem, says: "The misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they...compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable." In this terrible calamity, the prophecy of Moses recorded in Deut. 28:47-53, was literally fulfilled.... | |
| 1850 - 838 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... | |
| 1881 - 334 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... | |
| St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1884 - 696 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 so considerable.' These remarks must, indeed, have been fully justified... | |
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