c. AD 94

J. AJ 14.58

The Antiquities of the Jews 14.58

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

14.58

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

582. Now there was a sedition of the men that were within the city, who did not agree what was to be done in their present circumstances, while some thought it best to deliver up the city to Pompey; but Aristobulus’s party exhorted them to shut the gates, because he was kept in prison. Now these prevented the others, and seized upon the temple, and cut off the bridge which reached from it to the city, and prepared themselves to abide a siege;