c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.60

The Wars of the Jews 1.60

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.60

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

60And as the siege was delayed by this means, the year of rest came on, upon which the Jews rest every seventh year as they do on every seventh day. On this year, therefore, Ptolemy was freed from being besieged, and slew the brethren of John, with their mother, and fled to Zeno, who was also called Cotylas, who was the tyrant of Philadelphia.