c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.463

The Wars of the Jews 1.463

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.463

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

463But for such as cultivate a friendship with my sons, so as to aim at my destruction, they shall be punished by me on their account. I am not one who envy my own children, and therefore forbid men to pay them great respect; but I know that such [extravagant] respects are the way to make them insolent.