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... Rome in the time of Nero , and of the suspicions which were entertained that the Emperor him- self was concerned in causing it , the historian proceeds in his narrative and observations thus : But neither these exertions , nor his ...
... Rome in the time of Nero , and of the suspicions which were entertained that the Emperor him- self was concerned in causing it , the historian proceeds in his narrative and observations thus : But neither these exertions , nor his ...
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... Rome . From which fact , the two following inferences may be fairly drawn ; 1st , that if , in the space of thirty - four years from its commence- ment , the religion had spread throughout Judea , had extended itself to Rome , and there ...
... Rome . From which fact , the two following inferences may be fairly drawn ; 1st , that if , in the space of thirty - four years from its commence- ment , the religion had spread throughout Judea , had extended itself to Rome , and there ...
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... Rome ; and that it had there great multitudes of converts and all this within thirty years after its commencement . Now these facts afford a strong inference in behalf of the proposition which we maintain . What could the disciples of ...
... Rome ; and that it had there great multitudes of converts and all this within thirty years after its commencement . Now these facts afford a strong inference in behalf of the proposition which we maintain . What could the disciples of ...
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... Rome . He reached Italy after a tedious voyage , and after encountering in his passage the perils of a desperate shipwreck . But although still a prisoner , and his fate still depending , neither the various and long - continued ...
... Rome . He reached Italy after a tedious voyage , and after encountering in his passage the perils of a desperate shipwreck . But although still a prisoner , and his fate still depending , neither the various and long - continued ...
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... Rome also : - when Suetonius , an historian contemporary with Tacitus , relates that , in the time of Claudius , the Jews were making disturb- ances at Rome , Chrestus being their leader ; and that , during 1 Antiq . 1. xx . cap . ix ...
... Rome also : - when Suetonius , an historian contemporary with Tacitus , relates that , in the time of Claudius , the Jews were making disturb- ances at Rome , Chrestus being their leader ; and that , during 1 Antiq . 1. xx . cap . ix ...
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