c. AD 94

J. AJ 19.124

The Antiquities of the Jews 19.124

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

19.124

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

124but they paid no regard to his dignity; yet was he of such great strength, that he wrested the sword of the first of those that assaulted him out of his hands, and appeared plainly not to be willing to die without a struggle for his life, until he was surrounded by a great number of assailants, and died by the multitude of the wounds which they gave him.