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But I shall presently take opportunity to discuss this, after we have begun with the general theory, as I am in the habit of doing, and I will then proceed to their story, giving glory to the all-wise God.
Thus while desire goes before pleasure, satisfaction follows after, and while fear goes before pain, after pain comes sorrow.
Thus while desire goes before pleasure, satisfaction follows after, and while fear goes before pain, after pain comes sorrow.
Apollonius having made inquiry into the details of the matter, praised Simon for his loyal service to the king, and hastening to the court of Seleucus, disclosed to him the valuable treasure; then, after receiving authority to deal with the matter, he promptly marched into our country, accompanied by the accursed Simon and a very powerful army, and announced that he was there by the king's command to take possession of the private deposits in the treasury.
Apollonius, accordingly, after his astonishing deliverance departed to report to the king the things that had befallen him.
And when he had plundered the city he made a decree denouncing the penalty of death upon any who should be seen to live after the law of our fathers.
Contrary to Reason, indeed, were it for us, after living unto the truth till old age, and guarding in lawful guise the repute of so living, now to change and become in our own persons a pattern to the young of impiety, to the end that we should encourage them to eat unclean meat.
For when the tyrant found himself notably defeated in his first attempt, and impotent to compel an old man to eat unclean meat, then truly in violent rage he ordered the guards to bring others of the young men of the Hebrews, and if they would eat unclean meat to release them after eating it, but if they refused, to torture them yet more savagely.
And on it the noble youth was racked till his bones were out of joint. And as joint after joint gave way, he denounced the tyrant in these words:
But God will speedily pursue after thee; for thou cuttest out the tongue that sang songs of praise unto him.'
And thee will he Punish both in this present life and after that thou art dead.'
After this our passion, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob shall receive us, and all our forefathers shall praise us.'
You are not ignorant of the love of brethren, whereof the divine and all-wise Providence has given an inheritance to those who are begotten though their fathers, implanting it in them even through the mother's womb; wherein brethren do dwell the like period, and take their form during the same time, and are nourished from the same blood, and are quickened with the same soul, and are brought into the world after the same space, and they draw milk from the same founts, whereby their fraternal souls are nursed together in arms at the breast; and they are knit yet closer through a common nurture and daily companionship and other education, and through our discipline under the Law of God.
When thou sawest the flesh of one son being severed after the flesh of another, and hand after hand being cut off, and head after head being flayed, and corpse cast upon corpse, and the place crowded with spectators on account of the tortures of thy children, thou sheddest not a tear.
When thou sawest the flesh of one son being severed after the flesh of another, and hand after hand being cut off, and head after head being flayed, and corpse cast upon corpse, and the place crowded with spectators on account of the tortures of thy children, thou sheddest not a tear.
When thou sawest the flesh of one son being severed after the flesh of another, and hand after hand being cut off, and head after head being flayed, and corpse cast upon corpse, and the place crowded with spectators on account of the tortures of thy children, thou sheddest not a tear.
And the thought of truth led me on. And I walked after it and did not wander:
But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
And vainly did they make attack upon me and those who, without reward, came after me:
And a way has been appointed for those who cross after Him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.
All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive:
What, therefore, will there be after these things? for if you destroy Your city, and deliver up Your land to those that hate us, how shall the name of Israel be again remembered?
And after these things I showed it to My servant Abraham by night among the portions of the victims.
And after these things I heard that angel saying unto those angels who held the lamps: 'Destroy, therefore, and overthrow its wall to its foundations, lest the enemy should boast and say: We have overthrown the wall of Zion, And we have burnt the place of the mighty God."'
Now the angels did as he had commanded them, and when they had broken up the corners of the walls, a voice was heard from the interior of the temple, after the wall had fall saying:
And it came to pass after these things that the army of the Chaldees entered and seized the house, and all that was around it. And they led the people away captive and slew some of them, and bound Zedekiah the king, and sent him to the king of Babylon.
And it came to pass after seven days, that the word of God carne to me, and said unto me:
But do you remain here amid the desolation of Zion, and I will show to you after these days 'what will befall at the end of days.'
And it came to pass after these things, that I, Baruch, was standing upon Mount Zion, and lo! a voice came from the height and said unto me:
And I answered and said: 'Lo! you have shown me the method of the times, and that which shall be after these things, and you have said unto me, that the retribution, which has been spoken of by you, shall come upon the nations.
But after his death they sinned and transgressed, Though they knew that they had the law reproving (them), And the light in which nothing could err, Also the spheres which testify, and Me.
And it came to pass after these things that lo! the heavens were opened, and I saw, and power was given to me, and a voice was beard from on high, and it said unto me:
And again it is given to you to hear what things are to come after these times.
And it shall come to pass after these things, when the time of the advent of the Messiah is fulfilled, that He shall return in glory.
And it came to pass after these things: that I went to the people and said unto them: 'Assemble unto me all your elders and I will speak words unto them.'
[Because after a little time the building of Zion will be shaken in order that it may be built again.
But that building will not remain, but will again after a time be rooted out, and will remain desolate until the time.
And I answered and said unto the people: 'Far be it from me to forsake you or to withdraw from you, but I will only go unto the Holy of Holies to inquire of the Mighty One concerning you and concerning Zion, if in some respect I should receive more illumination: and after these things I will return to you.
Do you also therefore depart, O cedar, after the forest, which departed before you, and become dust with it, and let your ashes be mingled together.
And after these things I saw that cedar burning, and the vine growing, itself and all around it, the plain full of unfading flowers.
Behold! the days come, and this kingdom will be destroyed which once destroyed Zion, and it will be subjected to that which comes after it.
Moreover, that also again after a time will be destroyed, and another, a third, will arise, and that also will have dominion for its time, and will be destroyed.
And after these things a fourth kingdom will arise, whose power will be harsh and evil far beyond those which were before it, and it will rule many times as the forests on the plain, and it will hold fast for times, and will exalt itself more than the cedars of Lebanon.
And it came to pass after the seventh day, that I prayed before the Mighty One and said:
"In what shape will those live who live in Your day? Or how will the splendor of those who (are) after that time continue?
And it came to pass after these things that that cloud began to pour upon the earth the waters that were in it.
For in the first beginning they were black and many (Or a time, and afterwards I saw that the waters became bright, but they were not many, and after these things again I saw black (waters), and after these things again bright, and again black and again bright.
For in the first beginning they were black and many (Or a time, and afterwards I saw that the waters became bright, but they were not many, and after these things again I saw black (waters), and after these things again bright, and again black and again bright.
And after these things I saw how that lightning which I had seen on the summit of the cloud, seized hold of it and hurled it to the earth.
And I saw after these things, and lo! twelve rivers were ascending from the sea, and they began to surround that lightning and to become subject to it.
And after these (waters) you did see bright waters: this is the fount of Abraham, also his generations and advent of his son, and of his son's son, and of those like them.
'And the black third waters which you have seen, these are the mingling of all sins, which the nations afterwards wrought after the death of those righteous men, and the wickedness of the land of Egypt, wherein they did wickedly in the service wherewith they made their sons to serve.
And all the iniquities which kings who were after him iniquitously wrought.
Yet after these things shall the dispersed among the Gentiles be taken hold of by tribulation, And in shame shall they dwell in every place.
For after these things time will come when your people shall fall into distress, so that they shall all run the risk of perishing together.
And at that time after a little interval Zion will again be rebuilt, and its offerings will again be restored, and the priests will return to their ministry, and also the Gentiles will come to glorify it.
But it will come to pass after these things that there will be the fall of many nations.
'For the last waters which you have seen which were darker than all that were before them, those which were after the twelfth number, which were collected together, belong to the whole world.
'Hear therefore the interpretation of the last black waters which are to come [after the black]: this the word.
'Hear now also regarding the bright lightning which is to come at the consummation after these black (waters): this is the word.
After the signs have come, of which you were told before, when the nations become turbulent, and the time of My Messiah is come, he shall both summon all the nations, and some of them he shall spare, and some of them he shall slay.
This is the bright lightning which came after the last dark waters.'
But if now we know not wherefore we have come, And recognize not the principate of Him who brought us up out of Egypt, We shall come again and seek after those things which have been now, And be grieved with pain because of those things which have befallen.'
And He answered and said unto me: ['Inasmuch as the revelation of this vision has been interpreted to you as you requested], hear the word of the Most High that you may know what is to befall you after these things.
Now this shall befall after forty days. Go now therefore during these days and instruct the people so far as you are able, that they may learn so as not to die at the last time, but may learn in order that they may live at the last times.'
And after his death you cast them away from you: on this account there came upon you what had been predicted.
Lo! I also say unto you after you have suffered, that if you obey those things which have been said unto you, you will receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for you.
And deliver this epistle and the traditions of the law to your sons after you, as also your fathers delivered (them) to you.
And after these a third strong-minded race
But after resting quietly for days
Of the Mighty One. But also after this
After that, when the Hebrew people reap
And then shall, after these, appear of men
The Hebrews after Jeremiah, all
One after another, Mardians and Daians;
And shall sail after he has cut the mount
After the kings of Egypt were destroyed
And after Pella's townsman, under whom
And after that one of the race and blood
And after many lords, and after men
And after many lords, and after men
To Ares dear, and after the young babes,
And in like manner after him to reign
But after a long time shall he transmit
And after him shall three kings be destroyed
Shall take the power. And after him shall be
Shall hide a corpse. And after him shall rule
After him three shall rule; but the third one
Flash lightning after Macedonian spears;
After him at the latest day of all
In after time shalt for our form provide
My books unfold and after these things bide them
After the kings of Egypt were destroyed,
And after Pella's townsman, under whom
And after that one of the race and blood
And after many lords, and after men
And after many lords, and after men
To Ares dear, and after the young babes,
And after the passing of six hundred years
But after him a man, a warrior strong,