c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.37

The Wars of the Jews 5.37

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.37

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

37but the war coming on, and interrupting the work, John had them cut, and prepared for the building him towers, he finding them long enough to oppose from them those his adversaries that fought him from the temple that was above him.