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... to waste or set on fire by Simon , lest they should be seized by John . The people , in the mean time , particularly the old men and the women , groaned in secret ; some uttered their prayers , but not aloud , for the.
... to waste or set on fire by Simon , lest they should be seized by John . The people , in the mean time , particularly the old men and the women , groaned in secret ; some uttered their prayers , but not aloud , for the.
Side 21
... fire , that origin- ated in the Antonia , had crossed over to the palace and injured a considerable part , even the roofs of the three towers . The fortress Antonia stood alone on a high and precipitous rock near 90 feet high , at the ...
... fire , that origin- ated in the Antonia , had crossed over to the palace and injured a considerable part , even the roofs of the three towers . The fortress Antonia stood alone on a high and precipitous rock near 90 feet high , at the ...
Side 25
... fire , and all the trees to be cut down to make his embankments . He determined to direct his attack against the part of the outer wall , which was the lowest , on account of the buildings of Bezetha not reaching up to it , near the ...
... fire , and all the trees to be cut down to make his embankments . He determined to direct his attack against the part of the outer wall , which was the lowest , on account of the buildings of Bezetha not reaching up to it , near the ...
Side 27
... fire , by discharging combus- tibles from above ; others sallied forth in troops , tore the defences from the engines , and killed the engineers . Titus , on his side , was indefatigable ; he posted horsemen and bowmen in the intervals ...
... fire , by discharging combus- tibles from above ; others sallied forth in troops , tore the defences from the engines , and killed the engineers . Titus , on his side , was indefatigable ; he posted horsemen and bowmen in the intervals ...
Side 28
... fire . From the tops of these the men showered continu- ally every kind of missile , till at length the defenders retired from the walls , and left the battering engines to perform their work undisturbed . There was one of these ...
... fire . From the tops of these the men showered continu- ally every kind of missile , till at length the defenders retired from the walls , and left the battering engines to perform their work undisturbed . There was one of these ...
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The History of the Jews: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volum 3 Henry Hart Milman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1832 |
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The History of the Jews: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volum 3 Henry Hart Milman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1834 |
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Side 339 - Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Side 345 - And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Side 339 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Side 51 - The tender and delicate woman among you which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom and toward her son and toward her daughter...
Side 80 - Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen ; because the mighty are spoiled : howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Side 339 - But to make Christianity answerable with its life, for the circumstantial truth of each separate passage of the Old Testament, the genuineness of every book, the information, fidelity, and judgment, of every writer in it, is to bring, I will not say great, but unnecessary difficulties, into the whole system.
Side 106 - Rome, to enjoy municipal honours, and to obtain at the same time an exemption from the burdensome and expensive offices of society. The moderation or the contempt of the Romans gave a legal sanction to the form of ecclesiastical police which was instituted by the vanquished sect. The patriarch, who had fixed his residence at Tiberias, was empowered to appoint his subordinate ministers and apostles, to exercise a domestic jurisdiction, and to receive from his dispersed brethren an annual contribution.
Side 131 - Mischna, or Code of traditional Law, all the authorized interpretations of the Mosaic Law, the traditions, the decisions of the learned, and the precedents of the courts or schools.
Side 56 - Temple; afterwards, into the upper city. Some of the priests upon the roof wrenched off the gilded spikes, with their sockets of lead, and used them as missiles against the Romans below.