c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.117

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.117

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.117

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

117But in case thou neither findest any causes of complaint, nor any treacherous designs, what sufficient evidence hast thou to make such a wickedness of ours credible? Our mother is dead indeed, but then what befell her might be an instruction to us to caution, and not an incitement to wickedness.