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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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his repro<strong>of</strong>e. 3. We suppose, <strong>the</strong>n, that Herod<br />

Antipas was at Julias, in <strong>the</strong> immediate<br />

neighbourhood <strong>of</strong> .^Inon, at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Johns<br />

imprisonment. But, according to Josephus, whose<br />

testimony <strong>the</strong>re is no reason to question, <strong>the</strong><br />

Baptist was committed to <strong>the</strong> strong<br />

^^Ant. xTiiL fortress <strong>of</strong> Machaerus.** * Tf Julias<br />

lay where <strong>the</strong> Wady <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Heshban debouches into<br />

<strong>the</strong> Jordan, east <strong>of</strong> that river, <strong>and</strong> a little north <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Dead Sea, Machaerus is straight south <strong>of</strong> it,<br />

about<br />

' A little before that it seems to have to <strong>the</strong> Arabs.<br />

Ck>mp. StkHrer^ u. s. p. 239,<br />

belonged to Aretas. We know not, how <strong>and</strong><br />

WieMeUr^ Chron. Syn. p. 244, BeiU.<br />

it again passed into <strong>the</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Antipas, pp. 6,<br />

&c., whose positions are, however<br />

if, indeed, it ever was folly ceded by him not

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