c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.42

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.42

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.42

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

42for if the Divinity delights in being honored, it must delight in those that permit them to be honored. And there are none of our customs which are inhuman, but all tending to piety, and devoted to the preservation of justice;