c. AD 97

J. Ap. 2.27

Against Apion 2.27

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

Against Apion

2.27

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

27for the words Sabbo and Sabbath are widely different from one another; for the word Sabbath in the Jewish language denotes rest from all sorts of work; but the word Sabbo, as he affirms, denotes among the Egyptians the malady of a bubo in the groin.