c. AD 97

J. Ap. 2.83

Against Apion 2.83

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

Against Apion

2.83

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

83But for Antiochus [Epiphanes], he had no just cause for that ravage in our temple that he made; he only came to it when he wanted money, without declaring himself our enemy, and attacked us while we were his associates and his friends: nor did he find any thing there that was ridiculous.