c. AD 97

J. Ap. 2.118

Against Apion 2.118

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

Against Apion

2.118

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

118for certainly those who have so many festivals, wherein they light lamps, must yet, at this rate, have never seen a candlestick! But still it seems that while Zabidus took his journey over the country, where were so many ten thousands of people, nobody met him. He also, it seems, even in a time of war, found the walls of Jerusalem destitute of guards. I omit the rest.