c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.402

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.402

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.402

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

402and when some sallied out in a crowd, and came to fight hand to hand with the first ranks of Herod’s army, he gave orders that they should, in the first place, make proclamation about the wall, that he came for the good of the people, and for the preservation of the city, and not to bear any old grudge at even his most open enemies, but ready to forget the offenses which his greatest adversaries had done him.