c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.386

The Wars of the Jews 3.386

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.386

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

386Nay, some of their right hands were debilitated by the reverence they bare to their general in these his fatal calamities, and their swords dropped out of their hands; and not a few of them there were, who, when they aimed to smite him with their swords, were not thoroughly either willing or able to do it.