c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.411

The Wars of the Jews 5.411

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.411

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

411The same wonderful sign you had also experience of formerly, when the forementioned king of Babylon made war against us, and when he took the city, and burnt the temple; while yet I believe the Jews of that age were not so impious as you are.