Josephus proceeds to trace all the horrors of the Jewish War,
culminating in the burning of the Temple, to “the fourth sect” (or
“philosophy”) introduced by Judas and Zadok, _i. e._ the sect of the
Zealots. Then follows a digression on the Jewish sects, see § (55),
below.
Quirinius had now disposed of Archelaus’s estate and the census
registrations were ended. This census took place in the thirty-seventh
year after Cæsar’s[160] victory over Antony at Actium. [Sidenote: 31
B.C.] Joazar the high priest became the victim of popular opposition,
and Quirinius deprived him of his honourable post, and appointed Ananus,
son of Sethi, in his place.
Herod and Philip now took over their respective tetrarchies and entered
on office. Herod built walls for the city of Sepphoris—the chief
ornament of all Galilee—and called it Autocratoris;[161] another city,
Betharamphtha, he enclosed in the same way and called it Julias after
the name of the Emperor’s consort.[162] Philip restored Paneas at the
sources of the Jordan and renamed it Cæsarea;[163] he also promoted the
village of Bethsaida on the Lake of Gennesaret to the rank of a city,
increasing its population[164] and general opulence, and gave it the
name of the Emperor’s daughter Julia.—_Ant._ XVIII. 1. 1 and 2. 1 (1-6,
26-28).
Footnote 155:
The so-called _decursus honorum_.
Footnote 156:
Augustus.
Footnote 157:
On the east of the Sea of Galilee. In _B.J._ (parallel pass.) he is
called “a Galilæan” as in Acts v. 37.
Footnote 158:
Modelled on Thuc. I. 122, “defeat means nothing but downright slavery”
(Jowett; speech of the Corinthians urging Sparta to take up arms
against Athens).
Footnote 159:
So Niese (ἐπιβολὴ); MSS “plot” (ἐπιβουλὴ).
Footnote 160:
_i. e._ Augustus.
Footnote 161:
_i.e._ “Imperial” (city).
Footnote 162:
Julia.
Footnote 163:
Cæsarea Philippi (Matt. xvi. 13; Mark viii. 27).
Footnote 164:
Or, perhaps, “because of its large population.”
(25) Pilate offends Jewish susceptibilities in the matter of (i) the
Emperor’s busts, (ii) the Corban money
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