c. AD 94

J. AJ 19.38

The Antiquities of the Jews 19.38

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

19.38

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

38“To be sure, O Clement, we have no way failed in our guarding the emperor; for as to those that have made conspiracies against his government, some have been slain by our care and pains, and some have been by us tortured, and this to such a degree, that he hath himself pitied them. How great then is our virtue in submitting to conduct his armies!”