c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.243

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.243

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.243

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

243“But then, Herod, although thou wast formerly not concerned to be in a lower condition than thy father from whom thou wast derived had been, yet do thou now seek after the dignity which thy kinsman hath attained to; and do not thou bear this contempt, that a man who admired thy riches should be in greater honor than thyself, nor suffer his poverty to show itself able to purchase greater things than our abundance; nor do thou esteem it other than a shameful thing to be inferior to one who, the other day, lived upon thy charity.