the life of flavius josephus-第15部分

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from　our　author　elsewhere。　Jewish　War。　B。　II。　ch。　21。　sect。　8。

（15）　Part　of　these　fortifications　on　Mount　Tabor　may　be　those
still　remaining；　and　which　were　seen　lately　by　Mr。　Maundrel。　See
his　Travels；　p。　112。

（16）　This　Gamaliel　may　be　the　very　same　that　is　mentioned　by　the
rabbins　in　the　Mishna；　in　Juchasin；　and　in　Porta　Mosis；　as　is
observed　in　the　Latin　notes。　He　might　be　also　that　Gamaliel　II。；
whose　grandfather　was　Gamaliel　I。；　who　is　mentioned　in　Acts　5：34；
and　at　whose　feet　St。　Paul　was　brought　up；　Acts　22：3。　See　Prid。
at　the　year　449。

（17）　This　Jonathan　is　also　taken　notice　of　in　the　Latin　notes；　as
the　same　that　is　mentioned　by　the　rabbins　in　Porta　Mosis。

（18）　This　I　take　to　be　the　first　of　Josephus's　remarkable　or
divine　dreams；　which　were　predictive　of　the　great　things　that
afterwards　came　to　pass；　of　which　see　more　in　the　note　on　Antiq。
B。　III。　ch。　8。　sect。　9。　The　other　is　in　the　War；　B。　III。　ch。　8。
sect。　3；　9。

（19）　Josephus's　directions　to　his　soldiers　here　are　much　the　same
that　John　the　Baptist　gave；　Luke　3：14；　〃Do　violence　to　no　man；
neither　accuse　any　falsely；　and　be　content　with　your　wages。〃
Whence　Dr。　Hudson　confirms　this　conjecture；　that　Josephus；　in
some　things；　was；　even　now；　a　follower　of　John　the　Baptist；　which
is　no　way　improbable。　See　the　note　on　sect。　2。

（20）　We　here　learn　the　practice　of　the　Jews；　in　the　days　of
Josephus；　to　inquire　into　the　characters　of　witnesses　before　they
were　admitted；　and　that　their　number　ought　to　be　three；　or　two　at
the　least；　also　exactly　as　in　the　law　of　Moses；　and　in　the
Apostolical　Constitutions；　B。　II。　ch。　37。　See　Horeb　Covenant
Revived；　page　97；　98。

（21）　This　appeal　to　the　whole　body　of　the　Galileans　by　Josephus；
and　the　testimony　they　gave　him　of　integrity　in　his　conduct　as
their　governor；　is　very　like　that　appeal　and　testimony　in　the
case　of　the　prophet　Samuel；　1　Samuel　12：1…5；　and　perhaps　was　done
by　Josephus　in　imitation　of　him。

（22）　It　is　worth　noting　here；　that　there　was　now　a　great
Proseucha；　or　place　of　prayer；　in　the　city　of　Tiberias　itself；
though　such　Proseucha　used　to　be　out　of　cities；　as　the　synagogues
were　within　them。　Of　them；　see　Le　Moyne　on　Polycarp's　Epistle；
page　76。　It　is　also　worth　our　remark；　that　the　Jews；　in　the　days
of　Josephus；　used　to　dine　at　the　sixth　hour；　or　noon；　and　that　in
obedience　to　their　notions　of　the　law　of　Moses　also。

（23）　One　may　observe　here；　that　this　lay　Pharisee；　Ananias；　is　we
have　seen　he　was；　sect。　39；　took　upon　him　to　appoint　a　fast　at
Tiberias；　and　was　obeyed；　though　indeed　it　was　not　out　of
religion；　but　knavish　policy。

（24）　The　character　of　this　history　of　Justus　of　Tiberias；　the
rival　of　our　Josephus；　which　is　now　lost；　with　its　only　remaining
fragment；　are　given　us　by　a　very　able　critic；　Photius；　who　read
that　history。　It　is　in　the　33rd　code　of　his　Bibliotheea；　and　runs
thus：　〃I　have　read　（says　Photius）　the　chronology　of　Justus　of
Tiberias；　whose　title　is　this；　＇The　Chronology　of＇　the　Kings　of
Judah　which　succeeded　one　another。　This　＇Justus＇　came　out　of　the
city　of　Tiberias　in　Galilee。　He　begins　his　history　from　Moses；
and　ends　it　not　till　the　death　of　Agrippa；　the　seventh　＇ruler＇　of
the　family　of　Herod；　and　the　last　king　of　the　Jews；　who　took　the
government　under　Claudius；　had　it　augmented　under　Nero；　and　still
more　augmented　by　Vespasian。　He　died　in　the　third　year　of　Trajan；
where　also　his　history　ends。　He　is　very　concise　in　his　language；
and　slightly　passes　over　those　affairs　that　were　most　necessary
to　be　insisted　on；　and　being　under　the　Jewish　prejudices；　as
indeed　he　was　himself　also　a　Jew　by　birth；　he　makes　not　the　least
mention　of　the　appearance　of　Christ；　or　what　things　happened　to
him；　or　of　the　wonderful　works　that　he　did。　He　was　the　son　of　a
certain　Jew；　whose　name　was　Pistus。　He　was　a　man；　as　he　is
described　by　Josephus；　of　a　most　profligate　character；　a　slave
both　to　money　and　to　pleasures。　In　public　affairs　he　was　opposite
to　Josephus；　and　it　is　related；　that　he　laid　many　plots　against
him；　but　that　Josephus；　though　he　had　his　enemy　frequently　under
his　power；　did　only　reproach　him　in　words；　and　so　let　him　go
without　further　punishment。　He　says　also；　that　the　history　which
this　man　wrote　is；　for　the　main；　fabulous；　and　chiefly　as　to
those　parts　where　he　describes　the　Roman　war　with　the　Jews；　and
the　taking　of　Jerusalem。〃

（25）　Here　Josephus；　a　priest；　honestly　confesses　that　he　did　that
at　the　command　of　Vespasian；　which　he　had　before　told　us　was　not
lawful　for　a　priest　to　do　by　the　law　of　Moses；　Antiq。　B。　III。　ch。
12。　sect。　2。　I　mean；　the　taking　a　captive　woman　to　wife。　See　also
Against　Apion；　B。　I。　sect。　7。　But　he　seems　to　have　been　quickly
sensible　that　his　compliance　with　the　commands　of　an　emperor
would　not　excuse　him；　for　he　soon　put　her　away；　as　Reland　justly
observes　here。

（27）　Of　this　most　remarkable　clause；　and　its　most　important
consequences；　see　Essay　on　the　Old　Testament；　page　193195。

（28）　Of　this　Epaphroditus；　see　the　note　on　the　Preface　to　the
Antiquities。







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