c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.44

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.44

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.44

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

44If any one therefore examine into our observances, he will find they are good in themselves, and that they are ancient also, though some think otherwise, insomuch that those who have received them cannot easily be brought to depart from them, out of that honor they pay to the length of time they have religiously enjoyed them and observed them.