c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.126

The Wars of the Jews 6.126

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.126

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

126Have not we given you leave to kill such as go beyond it, though he were a Roman? And what do you do now, you pernicious villains? Why do you trample upon dead bodies in this temple? and why do you pollute this holy house with the blood of both foreigners and Jews themselves?