c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.379

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.379

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.379

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

3795. This man had thrust himself into the king’s presence with the greatest freedom, and desired to speak with him by himself alone, which the king permitted him to do, where he said this: “Since I am not able, O king, to bear up under so great a concern as I am under, I have preferred the use of this bold liberty that I now take, which may be for thy advantage, if thou mind to get any profit by it, before my own safety.