c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.224

The Wars of the Jews 2.224

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.224

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

224for when the multitude were come together to Jerusalem, to the feast of unleavened bread, and a Roman cohort stood over the cloisters of the temple(for they always were armed, and kept guard at the festivals, to prevent any innovation which the multitude thus gathered together might make), one of the soldiers pulled back his garment, and cowering down after an indecent manner, turned his breech to the Jews, and spake such words as you might expect upon such a posture.