c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.153

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.153

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.153

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

153since that common calamity of dying cannot be avoided by our living so as to escape any such dangers; that therefore it is a right thing for those who are in love with a virtuous conduct, to wait for that fatal hour by such behavior as may carry them out of the world with praise and honor;