c. AD 77

J. BJ 7.29

The Wars of the Jews 7.29

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

7.29

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

29And now Simon, thinking he might be able to astonish and delude the Romans, put on a white frock, and buttoned upon him a purple cloak, and appeared out of the ground in the place where the temple had formerly been.