c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.274

The Wars of the Jews 3.274

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.274

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

274for the oil did easily run down the whole body from head to foot, under their entire armor, and fed upon their flesh like flame itself, its fat and unctuous nature rendering it soon heated and slowly cooled;