c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.138

The Wars of the Jews 6.138

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.138

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

138for the great confused noise that was made on both sides hindered them from distinguishing one another’s voices, as did the darkness of the night hinder them from the like distinction by the sight, besides that blindness which arose otherwise also from the passion and the fear they were in at the same time; for which reason it was all one to the soldiers who it was they struck at.