c. AD 94

J. AJ 15.59

The Antiquities of the Jews 15.59

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

15.59

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

59and she oftentimes came to an inclination to kill herself with her own hand, but still she restrained herself, in hopes she might live long enough to revenge the unjust murder thus privately committed; nay, she further resolved to endeavor to live longer, and to give no occasion to think she suspected that her son was slain on purpose, and supposed that she might thereby be in a capacity of revenging it at a proper opportunity.