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After this he raised another disturbance, by expending that sacred
treasure which is called Corban 1
upon aqueducts, whereby he brought water from the distance of four hundred
furlongs. At this the multitude had indignation; and when Pilate was come
to Jerusalem, they came about his tribunal, and made a clamor at it. Now
when he was apprized aforehand of this disturbance, he mixed his own soldiers
in their armor with the multitude, and ordered them to conceal themselves
under the habits of private men, and not indeed to use their swords, but
with their staves to beat those that made the clamor. He then gave the
signal from his tribunal [to do as he had bidden them]. Now the Jews were
so sadly beaten, that many of them perished by the stripes they received,
and many of them perished as trodden to death by themselves; by which means
the multitude was astonished at the calamity of those that were slain,
and held their peace.
1 This use of corban, or oblation, as here applied to the sacred money dedicated to God in the treasury of the temple, illustrates our Savior's words, Mark 7:11, 12.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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