The Destruction of Jerusalem: An Absolute and Irresistible Proof of the Divine Origin of Christianity: Including a Narrative of the Calamities which Befell the Jews, So Far as They Tend to Verify Our Lord's Predictions Relative to that Event. With a Brief Description of the City and Temple |
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... period ( A. D. 55 ) , arose Felix , the celebrated Egyptian impostor , who collected thirty thousand followers , and persuaded them to accom- pany him to the Mount of Olives , telling them that from thence they should see the walls of ...
... period ( A. D. 55 ) , arose Felix , the celebrated Egyptian impostor , who collected thirty thousand followers , and persuaded them to accom- pany him to the Mount of Olives , telling them that from thence they should see the walls of ...
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... period , are every where stained with blood . To particularize in a few instances : About three years after the death of Christ , a war broke out be . tween Herod and Aretas , king of Arabia Petræa , in which the army of the former was ...
... period , are every where stained with blood . To particularize in a few instances : About three years after the death of Christ , a war broke out be . tween Herod and Aretas , king of Arabia Petræa , in which the army of the former was ...
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... period , a great number of Jews , on account of a pestilence which raged at Babylon , removed from that city to Selucia , where the Greeks and Syrians rose against them , and destroyed of this devoted people more than five myriads ...
... period , a great number of Jews , on account of a pestilence which raged at Babylon , removed from that city to Selucia , where the Greeks and Syrians rose against them , and destroyed of this devoted people more than five myriads ...
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... period to which he had as- signed them ; that they fell with the most destructive severity on the Jews ; to whom the prophecy at large chiefly related , and that the person who predicted them was not in the condition of a statesman ...
... period to which he had as- signed them ; that they fell with the most destructive severity on the Jews ; to whom the prophecy at large chiefly related , and that the person who predicted them was not in the condition of a statesman ...
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... period , in various other parts of the Roman empire . After Jerusalem was surrounded by the army of Titus , pestilential diseases soon made their ap- pearance there , to aggravate the miseries , and deepen the horrors of the siege ...
... period , in various other parts of the Roman empire . After Jerusalem was surrounded by the army of Titus , pestilential diseases soon made their ap- pearance there , to aggravate the miseries , and deepen the horrors of the siege ...
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Page 130 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself : and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a floXxl, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 74 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 22 - And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Page 26 - And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Page 17 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord : Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Page 106 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire, breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen ; and the victorious element continuing in this manner, obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Page 70 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 20 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 117 - So that a man shall say. Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Page 45 - But take heed to yourselves : for they shall deliver you up to councils ; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.