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

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w<strong>and</strong>erers found <strong>the</strong>ir way to <strong>the</strong> capital <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

world. We know, that in <strong>the</strong> wars under Pompey,<br />

Cassius, <strong>and</strong> Antonius, many were brought captive<br />

to Rome, <strong>and</strong> sold as slaves. In general, <strong>the</strong><br />

Bepublican party was hostile, <strong>the</strong> Caesars were<br />

friendly, to <strong>the</strong> Jews. <strong>The</strong> Jewish slaves in Rome<br />

proved an unpr<strong>of</strong>itable <strong>and</strong> troublesome<br />

acquisition. <strong>The</strong>y clung so tenaciously to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

ancestral customs, that it was impossible to make<br />

<strong>the</strong>m conform to <strong>the</strong> ways <strong>of</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n households.**<br />

How far <strong>the</strong>y would carry * pmio. Leg <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

passive resistance, appears fix)m a story told by<br />

Josephus,* about prcf. p.*i6; some Jewish priests<br />

<strong>of</strong> his acquaintance, who, during <strong>the</strong>ir captivity •<br />

i^'«» in Rome, refused to eat anything but figs <strong>and</strong><br />

nuts, so as to avoid <strong>the</strong> defilement <strong>of</strong> Gentile<br />

food.* <strong>The</strong>ir Roman masters deemed it prudent<br />

" LutUrbeckiVevitest. Lehrbegr. p. 119), etc.),<br />

regards <strong>the</strong>se priests as <strong>the</strong> aocasen foUowing up<br />

<strong>the</strong> saggestions <strong>of</strong> Wieseler <strong>of</strong> St. Paul, who<br />

brought about his mar^ (Ohioii. d. Apost. Zeitalt.<br />

pp. 884, 402, tjrrdom.

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