c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.237

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.237

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.237

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

237And what he most aggravated in his pleading was the slaughter of those about the temple, and the impiety of it, as done at the festival; and how they were slain like sacrifices themselves, some of whom were foreigners, and others of their own country, till the temple was full of dead bodies: and all this was done, not by an alien, but by one who pretended to the lawful title of a king, that he might complete the wicked tyranny which his nature prompted him to, and which is hated by all men.