Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.

- Josephus

Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in gre…

- Josephus

The virtuous shall have the power to revive and live again. All pure and holy spirits live on in heavenly places, and in course of time they are agai…

- Josephus

They smiled in their pains and laughed to scorn those who inflicted torments on them, resigned up their souls with great alacrity, expecting to recei…

- Josephus

Measures are an innovation that changed a world of innocent and noble simplicity into one forever filled with dishonesty.

- Josephus

If the soul be pure, then shall she obtain favor and rejoice in the latter day; but if she hath been defiled, then shall she wander for a time in pai…

- Josephus

I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency…

- Josephus

Antipater, now undisputed heir, had called down on his head the utter loathing of the nation, for everyone knew that all the slanders directed agains…

- Josephus

The law, moreover enjoins us to bring up all our offspring, and forbids women to cause abortion of what is begotten, or to destroy it afterward; and …

- Josephus