c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.78

The Wars of the Jews 1.78

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.78

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

785. And truly anyone would be surprised at Judas upon this occasion. He was of the sect of the Essenes, and had never failed or deceived men in his predictions before. Now, this man saw Antigonus as he was passing along by the temple, and cried out to his acquaintance (they were not a few who attended upon him as his scholars),