c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.239

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.239

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.239

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

239and if his father had the like notion of him formerly that he hath now showed, yet hath he given a sufficient specimen what a king he is likely to be, when he hath [in effect] deprived Caesar of that power of disposing of the kingdom, which he justly hath, and hath not abstained from making a terrible slaughter of his fellow citizens in the temple, while he was but a private person.