c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.41

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.41

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.41

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

41Now the privileges we desire, even when we are in the best circumstances, are not such as deserve to be envied, for we are indeed in a prosperous state by your means, but this is only in common with others; and it is no more than this which we desire, to preserve our religion without any prohibition; which as it appears not in itself a privilege to be envied us, so it is for the advantage of those that grant it to us;