c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.170

The Wars of the Jews 2.170

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.170

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

170This excited a very great tumult among the Jews when it was day; for those that were near them were astonished at the sight of them, as indications that their laws were trodden underfoot: for those laws do not permit any sort of image to be brought into the city. Nay, besides the indignation which the citizens had themselves at this procedure, a vast number of people came running out of the country.