c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.391

The Wars of the Jews 2.391

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.391

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

391Reflect upon it, how impossible it is for your zealous observation of your religious customs to be here preserved, which are hard to be observed even when you fight with those whom you are able to conquer; and how can you then most of all hope for God’s assistance, when, by being forced to transgress his law, you will make him turn his face from you?