c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.392

The Wars of the Jews 2.392

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.392

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

392and if you do observe the custom of the Sabbath days, and will not be prevailed on to do anything thereon, you will easily be taken, as were your forefathers by Pompey, who was the busiest in his siege on those days on which the besieged rested.