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

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three dau^ters <strong>of</strong> •Ant. six. 9. Agrippa, which after<br />

his death ^ were so shamefully abused by <strong>the</strong><br />

soldiery at Sebaste <strong>and</strong> CaBsarea.^<br />

This abhorrence <strong>of</strong> all connected with idolatry,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> contempt entertained for all that was non-<br />

Jewish, will in great measure explain <strong>the</strong> code <strong>of</strong><br />

legislation intended to keep <strong>the</strong> Jew <strong>and</strong> Gentile<br />

apart. If JudsBa had to submit to <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong><br />

Rome, it could at least avenge itself in <strong>the</strong><br />

Academies <strong>of</strong> its sages. Almost innumerable<br />

stories are told in which Jewish sages, always<br />

easily, confute Roman <strong>and</strong> Greek philosophers;<br />

<strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, in which even a certain Emperor<br />

(Antoninus) is represented as constantly in <strong>the</strong><br />

most menial relation <strong>of</strong> self-abase-«DwLTii.st<br />

ment before a Rabbi.^ Rome, which was <strong>the</strong> fourth<br />

beast <strong>of</strong> Daniel,^ would in <strong>the</strong> age to come,' when<br />

Jerusalem would be <strong>the</strong> metropolis<br />

• Midr.B.011 <strong>of</strong> all l<strong>and</strong>s,® be <strong>the</strong> first to excuse<br />

herself on false though vain pleas 'Ab. z. f 6 ^^^

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