c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.379

The Wars of the Jews 1.379

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.379

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

379Let everyone therefore go on and fight, not so much for his wife or his children, or for the danger his country is in, as for these ambassadors of ours; those dead ambassadors will conduct this war of ours better than we ourselves who are alive. And if you will be ruled by me, I will myself go before you into danger; for you know this well enough, that your courage is irresistible, unless you hurt yourselves by acting rashly.”