c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.55

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.55

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.55

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

551. But now Pilate, the procurator of Judea, removed the army from Caesarea to Jerusalem, to take their winter quarters there, in order to abolish the Jewish laws. So he introduced Caesar’s effigies, which were upon the ensigns, and brought them into the city; whereas our law forbids us the very making of images;