c. AD 94

J. AJ 20.118

The Antiquities of the Jews 20.118

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

20.118

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

1181. Now there arose a quarrel between the Samaritans and the Jews on the occasion following: It was the custom of the Galileans, when they came to the holy city at the festivals, to take their journeys through the country of the Samaritans; and at this time there lay, in the road they took, a village that was called Ginea, which was situated in the limits of Samaria and the great plain, where certain persons thereto belonging fought with the Galileans, and killed a great many of them.