c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.171

The Wars of the Jews 6.171

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.171

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

171because those that utterly despaired of deliverance had, besides other passions, a violence in attacking men that could not be opposed, and had no regard to God himself; and that to hazard one’s self with a person, whom, if you overcome, you do no great matter, and by whom it is hazardous that you may be taken prisoner, would be an instance, not of manly courage, but of unmanly rashness.