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Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), section 24 (search)
But, upon his coming and fighting, he was beaten, and a great many
of those that were with him fell. And this disgrace which Gessius [with
Cestius] received, became the calamity of our whole nation; for those that
were fond of the war were so far elevated with this success, that they
had hopes of finally conquering the Romans. Of which war another occasion
was ministered; which was this: - Those that dwelt in the neighboring cities
of Syria seized upon such Jews as dwelt among them, with their wives and
children, and slew them, when they had not the least occasion of complaint
against them; for they did neither attempt any innovation or revolt from
the Romans, nor had they given any marks of hatred or treacherous designs
towards the Syrians. But what was done by the inhabitants of Scythopolis
was the most impious and most highly criminal of all; See
Jewish War, B. II. ch. 18. sect. 3.
for when the Jews their enemies came upon them from without, they forced
the Jews that were among the
Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), section 30 (search)
When I had therefore received these instructions, I came into Galilee,
and found the people of Sepphoris in no small agony about their country,
by reason that the Galileans had resolved to plunder it, on account of
the friendship they had with the Romans, and because they had given their
right hand, and made a league with Cestius Gallus, the president of Syria.
But I delivered them all out of the fear they were in, and persuaded the
multitude to deal kindly with them, and permitted them to send to those
that were their own hostages with Gessius to Dora, which is a city of Phoenicia,
as often as they pleased; though I still found the inhabitants of Tiberias
ready to take arms, and that on the occasion following: -
Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), section 336 (search)
Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), section 373 (search)
But about this time it was that the people of Sepphoris grew insolent,
and took up arms, out of a confidence they had in the strength of their
walls, and because they saw me engaged in other affairs also. So they sent
to Cestius Gallus, who was president of Syria, and desired that he would
either come quickly to them, and take their city under his protection,
or send them a garrison. Accordingly, Gallus promised them to come, but
did not send word when he would come: and when I had learned so much, I
took the soldiers that were with me, and made an assault upon the people
of Sepphoris, and took the city by force. The Galileans took this opportunity,
as thinking they had now a proper time for showing their hatred to them,
since they bore ill-will to that city also. They then exerted themselves,
as if they would destroy them all utterly, with those that sojourned there
also. So they ran upon them, and set their houses on fire, as finding them
without inhabitants; for the men, out of fea
Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), section 407 (search)