c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.157

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.157

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.157

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

157Now for this, my assertion about that passion of his, we have the greatest evidence, by what he did to honor Caesar and Agrippa, and his other friends; for with what honors he paid his respects to them who were his superiors, the same did he desire to be paid to himself; and what he thought the most excellent present he could make another, he discovered an inclination to have the like presented to himself.