c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.543

The Wars of the Jews 1.543

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.543

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

543And now all Syria and Judea was in great expectation, and waited for the last act of this tragedy; yet did nobody, suppose that Herod would be so barbarous as to murder his children: however, he carried them away to Tyre, and thence sailed to Caesarea, and deliberated with himself what sort of death the young men should suffer.