c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.60

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.60

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.60

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

60So when Agrippa perceived that they had been oppressed by violence, he made this answer: That, on account of Herod’s good-will and friendship, he was ready to grant the Jews whatsoever they should ask him, and that their requests seemed to him in themselves just; and that if they requested any thing further, he should not scruple to grant it them, provided they were no way to the detriment of the Roman government; but that while their request was no more than this, that what privileges they had already given them might not be abrogated, he confirmed this to them, that they might continue in the observation of their own customs, without any one offering them the least injury. And when he had said thus, he dissolved the assembly;