c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.545

The Wars of the Jews 5.545

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.545

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

545She also made great lamentation privately to the maidservants that were about her, and said, That this was all the advantage she had of bringing so extraordinary a person as this son into the world; that she should not be able even to bury that son of hers, by whom she expected to have been buried herself.