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

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Philo, no one throughout <strong>the</strong> Empire dared to<br />

molest <strong>the</strong> Jews.* Log. loif <strong>The</strong> only innovations to<br />

which Israel had <strong>the</strong>n to submit were, <strong>the</strong> daily<br />

sacrifices for <strong>the</strong> Emperor <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roman people,<br />

<strong>of</strong>ferings on festive days, prayers for <strong>the</strong>m in <strong>the</strong><br />

Synagogues, <strong>and</strong> such partici-^0. a. 1081, pation in<br />

national joy or sorrow as <strong>the</strong>ir religion allowed.^<br />

**^ It was far o<strong>the</strong>r when Tiberius succeeded to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Empire, <strong>and</strong><br />

Judsda was a province. Merciless harshness<br />

characterised <strong>the</strong> administration <strong>of</strong> Palestine;<br />

while <strong>the</strong> Emperor himself was bitterly hostile to<br />

Judaism <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jews, <strong>and</strong> that although,<br />

personally, •smt.Tfbtt. openly careless <strong>of</strong> all<br />

religion.^ Under his reign <strong>the</strong> persecution ^ <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Roman Jews occurred, <strong>and</strong> Palestine suffered<br />

almost to <strong>the</strong><br />

verge <strong>of</strong> endurance. <strong>The</strong> first Procurator whom<br />

Tiberius appointed over Judsea, changed <strong>the</strong><br />

occupancy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> High-Priesthood four times, till<br />

he found in Caiaphas a sufficiently submissive

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