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2.6.7 at once surrounded him and cried out. But since he had foreseen their disturbance, he had mixed with the crowd armed soldiers disguised in private citizens' clothing, and having forbidden them to use the sword, but commanded them to beat the rioters with clubs, he gives the signal from the tribunal. And the Jews being beaten, many perished from the blows, and many were trampled by their own people in the flight and were lost; and the crowd, stunned by the calamity of those who had been slain, fell silent.” 2.6.8 The same author shows that in addition to these, ten thousand other revolts were stirred up in Jerusalem itself, stating that from that time on seditions and wars and successive contrivances of evil never ceased in the city and in all Judea, until at last the siege under Vespasian came upon them. In this way, then, divine justice pursued the Jews for what they had dared against Christ; 2.7.1 but it is worth knowing that Pilate himself, the one from the time of the Savior, in the reign of Gaius, whose times we are recounting, is said to have fallen into such great calamities that he was forced to become his own slayer and a self-inflicted avenger, as divine justice, it seems, pursued him not long after. This is recorded by those of the Greeks who chronicled the Olympiads along with the events of the times. But indeed, Gaius had held the rule for not even four full years when the emperor Claudius succeeded him; in whose time a famine afflicted the world—and this even writers far removed from our account have handed down in their histories—the prophecy in the Acts of the Apostles of the prophet Agabus concerning the famine that was to come upon the whole world was fulfilled. 2.8.2 And Luke, having noted the famine under Claudius in the Acts, and having related how the brethren in Antioch, through Paul and Barnabas, sent to those in Judea according to what each had, adds, saying; 2.9.1 “Now about that time, clearly that of Claudius, Herod the king laid his hands on some of those from the church to mistreat them, and he killed James the brother of John 2.9.2 with the sword.” Concerning this James, Clement also relates a story worthy of remembrance in the seventh of his Hypotyposes, as if from the tradition of those before him, saying that the one who brought him to the tribunal, when he saw him bear witness, was moved and confessed that he himself was also a Christian. 2.9.3 “They were both led away together, he says, and on the way he asked to be forgiven by James. And he, after considering a little, said, Peace be to you, and kissed him. And so both were beheaded together.” 2.9.4 Then indeed, as the divine Scripture says, Herod, seeing that what was done at the slaying of James was pleasing to the Jews, proceeded against Peter also, and having delivered him to chains, he would have carried out the murder against him almost immediately, had he not, through a divine appearance, an angel standing by him at night, been miraculously released from his bonds and sent forth to the ministry of preaching. And such was the providence concerning Peter. 2.10.1 But the king's attempt against the apostles was no longer delayed, for at the same time the avenging minister of divine justice pursued him, immediately after the plot against the apostles, as the writing of the Acts relates, when he had gone down to Caesarea, and there on a notable festival day, having adorned himself in splendid and royal apparel, he delivered an oration from a high tribunal; and when all the people acclaimed his oration as the voice of a god and not of a man, the Scripture relates that an angel of the Lord immediately struck him, and having become eaten by worms, he expired. 2.10.2 It is worthwhile to admire the agreement of the history of Josephus with the divine Scripture even in this wonder, in which he is clearly a witness to the truth, in the nineteenth book of the Antiquities, where in his own words he relates the miracle thus

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2.6.7 περιστάντες ἅμα κατεβόων. ὁ δὲ προῄδει γὰρ αὐτῶν τὴν ταραχὴν καὶ τῷ πλήθει τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐνόπλους, ἐσθήσεσιν ἰδιωτικαῖς κεκαλυμμένους, ἐγκαταμίξας καὶ ξίφει μὲν χρήσασθαι κωλύσας, ξύλοις δὲ παίειν τοὺς κεκραγότας ἐγκελευσάμενος, σύνθημα δίδωσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος. τυπτόμενοι δὲ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι πολλοὶ μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν πληγῶν, πολλοὶ δὲ ὑπὸ σφῶν αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ φυγῇ καταπατηθέντες ἀπώλοντο, πρὸς δὲ τὴν συμφορὰν τῶν ἀνῃρημένων καταπλαγὲν τὸ πλῆθος ἐσιώπησεν.» 2.6.8 ἐπὶ τούτοις μυρίας ἄλλας ἐν αὐτοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις κεκινῆσθαι νεωτεροποιίας ὁ αὐτὸς ἐμφαίνει, παριστὰς ὡς οὐδαμῶς ἐξ ἐκείνου διέλιπον τήν τε πόλιν καὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἅπασαν στάσεις καὶ πόλεμοι καὶ κακῶν ἐπάλληλοι μηχαναί, εἰς ὅτε τὸ πανύστατον ἡ κατὰ Οὐεσπασιανὸν αὐτοὺς μετῆλθεν πολιορκία. Ἰουδαίους μὲν οὖν ὧν κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τετολμήκασιν, ταύτῃ πῃ τὰ ἐκ τῆς θείας μετῄει δίκης· 2.7.1 οὐκ ἀγνοεῖν δὲ ἄξιον ὡς καὶ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος Πιλᾶτον κατὰ Γάϊον, οὗ τοὺς χρόνους διέξιμεν, τοσαύταις περιπεσεῖν κατέχει λόγος συμφοραῖς, ὡς ἐξ ἀνάγκης αὐτοφονευτὴν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τιμωρὸν αὐτόχειρα γενέσθαι, τῆς θείας, ὡς ἔοικεν, δίκης οὐκ εἰς μακρὸν αὐτὸν μετελθούσης. ἱστοροῦσιν Ἑλλήνων οἱ τὰς Ὀλυμπιάδας ἅμα τοῖς κατὰ χρόνους πεπραγμένοις ἀναγράψαντες. Ἀλλὰ γὰρ Γάϊον οὐδ' ὅλοις τέτταρσιν ἔτεσιν τὴν ἀρχὴν κατασχόντα Κλαύδιος αὐτοκράτωρ διαδέχεται· καθ' ὃν λιμοῦ τὴν οἰκουμένην πιέσαντος τοῦτο δὲ καὶ οἱ πόρρω τοῦ καθ' ἡμᾶς λόγου συγγραφεῖς ταῖς αὐτῶν ἱστορίαις παρέδοσαν, ἡ κατὰ τὰς Πράξεις τῶν ἀποστόλων Ἀγάβου προφήτου περὶ τοῦ μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι λιμὸν ἐφ' ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην πέρας ἐλάμβανεν πρόρ2.8.2 ρησις. τὸν δὲ κατὰ Κλαύδιον λιμὸν ἐπισημηνάμενος ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσιν ὁ Λουκᾶς ἱστορήσας τε ὡς ἄρα διὰ Παύλου καὶ Βαρναβᾶ οἱ κατὰ Ἀντιόχειαν ἀδελφοὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἐξ ὧν ἕκαστος ηὐπόρει διαπεμψάμενοι εἴησαν, ἐπιφέρει λέγων· 2.9.1 «κατ' ἐκεῖνον δὲ τὸν καιρόν, δῆλον δ' ὅτι τὸν ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου, ἐπέβαλεν Ἡρῴδης ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς χεῖρας κακῶσαί τινας τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου 2.9.2 μαχαίρᾳ». περὶ τούτου δ' ὁ Κλήμης τοῦ Ἰακώβου καὶ ἱστορίαν μνήμης ἀξίαν ἐν τῇ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων ἑβδόμῃ παρατίθεται ὡς ἂν ἐκ παραδόσεως τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ, φάσκων ὅτι δὴ ὁ εἰσαγαγὼν αὐτὸν εἰς δικαστήριον, μαρτυρήσαντα αὐτὸν ἰδὼν κινηθείς, ὡμολόγησεν εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν Χριστιανόν. 2.9.3 «συναπήχθησαν οὖν ἄμφω, φησίν, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἠξίωσεν ἀφεθῆναι αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰακώβου· ὁ δὲ ὀλίγον σκεψάμενος, εἰρήνη σοι, εἶπεν καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν. καὶ οὕτως ἀμφότεροι ὁμοῦ ἐκαρατομήθησαν». 2.9.4 τότε δῆτα, ὥς φησιν ἡ θεία γραφή, ἰδὼν Ἡρῴδης ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ Ἰακώβου ἀναιρέσει πρὸς ἡδονῆς γεγονὸς τὸ πραχθὲν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, ἐπιτίθεται καὶ Πέτρῳ, δεσμοῖς τε αὐτὸν παραδούς, ὅσον οὔπω καὶ τὸν κατ' αὐτοῦ φόνον ἐνήργησεν ἄν, εἰ μὴ διὰ θείας ἐπιφανείας, ἐπιστάντος αὐτῷ νύκτωρ ἀγγέλου, παραδόξως τῶν εἱργμῶν ἀπαλλαγείς, ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ κηρύγματος ἀφεῖται διακονίαν. καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ Πέτρον οὕτως εἶχεν οἰκονομίας. 2.10.1 Τὰ δέ γε τῆς κατὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐγχειρήσεως τοῦ βασιλέως οὐκέτ' ἀναβολῆς εἴχετο, ἅμα γέ τοι αὐτὸν ὁ τῆς θείας δίκης τιμωρὸς διάκονος μετῄει, παραυτίκα μετὰ τὴν τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐπιβουλήν, ὡς ἡ τῶν Πράξεων ἱστορεῖ γραφή, ὁρμήσαντα μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν Καισάρειαν, ἐν ἐπισήμῳ δ' ἐνταῦθα ἑορτῆς ἡμέρᾳ λαμπρᾷ καὶ βασιλικῇ κοσμησάμενον ἐσθῆτι ὑψηλόν τε πρὸ βήματος δημη γορήσαντα· τοῦ γάρ τοι δήμου παντὸς ἐπευφημήσαντος ἐπὶ τῇ δημηγορίᾳ ὡς ἐπὶ θεοῦ φωνῇ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώπου, παραχρῆμα τὸ λόγιον πατάξαι αὐτὸν ἄγγελον κυρίου ἱστορεῖ, γενόμενόν τε σκωληκόβρωτον ἐκψῦξαι. 2.10.2 θαυμάσαι δ' ἄξιον τῆς περὶ τὴν θείαν γραφὴν καὶ ἐν τῷδε τῷ παραδόξῳ συμφωνίας τὴν τοῦ Ἰωσήπου ἱστορίαν, καθ' ἣν ἐπιμαρτυρῶν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ δῆλός ἐστιν, ἐν τόμῳ τῆς Ἀρχαιολογίας ἐννεακαιδεκάτῳ, ἔνθα αὐτοῖς γράμμασιν ὧδέ πως τὸ θαῦμα