c. AD 94

J. AJ 15.136

The Antiquities of the Jews 15.136

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

15.136

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

136for these Arabians have done what both the Greeks and barbarians own to be an instance of the grossest wickedness, with regard to our ambassadors, which they have beheaded, while the Greeks declare that such ambassadors are sacred and inviolable. And for ourselves, we have learned from God the most excellent of our doctrines, and the most holy part of our law, by angels or ambassadors; for this name brings God to the knowledge of mankind, and is sufficient to reconcile enemies one to another.