c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.312

The Wars of the Jews 6.312

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.312

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

312But now, what did most elevate them in undertaking this war, was an ambiguous oracle that was also found in their sacred writings, how, “about that time, one from their country should become governor of the habitable earth.”