c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.185

The Wars of the Jews 2.185

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.185

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

185Accordingly, he sent Petronius with an army to Jerusalem, to place his statues in the temple, and commanded him that, in case the Jews would not admit of them, he should slay those that opposed it, and carry all the rest of the nation into captivity: