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whom God the Father glorified; concerning whom we have gone through in more detail in other places for those seeking the truth. This one, carrying out the Father’s just judgment for each, will prepare for all what is just according to their works. At whose judgment, all men and angels and demons, standing present, will utter one voice, saying thus, "Your judgment is just." The recompense for this voice brings what is just upon both, justly granting eternal enjoyment to those who have done well, but assigning eternal punishment to the lovers of evil. And for these the unquenchable and unending fire remains, and a certain fiery worm, not dying nor destroying the body, but boiling up from the body with unceasing pain, remains.” And he says other things in addition to these. Thus, then, Josephus has written concerning Christ. But in Rome at that time there was a certain Paulina, who prided herself both on the distinction of her family and the excellence of her character, and 2.14 possessing an abundance of wealth; being also charming in appearance and of that age in which women rejoice, she was adorned with modesty. She was married to Saturninus, a man in no way inferior to her in any of these good qualities. Decius Mundus, who was of high rank among the knights of that time, was captivated by love for her, and he tried to win her with gifts; for he offered two hundred thousand Attic drachmas for one night. But she would not consent. And he was inflamed more with love, so that by abstinence from food he courted death for himself. But he had a paternal freedwoman named Ide, skilled in all kinds of evil. She, seeing the young man in this state, encourages him with words and revives him with promises, saying that she would need only fifty thousand to accomplish the deed for him. And having received the requested silver, since she saw that Paulina was not to be won with money, but knew that she was most fervently devoted to the worship of Isis—who was then considered a god by the Romans—she approaches some of the priests of that false goddess, and with money persuades them to deceive Paulina by whatever means they could and to have her lie with Mundus. And they, charmed by the money, set about the deed. And the eldest of them went to Paulina, and meeting with her in private, said that he had come, sent by Anubis, as the god, being in love with her, commanded her to come to him. To her, the message seemed most desirable, if she were loved by a god; and she shared what was announced with her husband, and he consented, knowing the modesty of his wife. She went therefore to the sanctuary; and when it was time for sleep, it was prepared for the woman to sleep inside the temple, and the lamps were extinguished. Then Mundus, for he was hidden there, pan2.15 enjoyed her all night long, approaching her as Anubis. Then he departed, and she, going to her husband, recounted the epiphany of Anubis, and boasted to her acquaintances as having been deemed worthy of a god's company. But on the third day after the deed, Mundus, meeting her, says, "Paulina, I have saved the two hundred thousand, and yet you have served my purpose without them. The things with which you scorned Mundus did not affect me at all, when I took upon myself the name of Anubis." From these words, coming to an understanding of the outrageous act, the woman tears her robe and revealed the plot to her husband; and he went to Tiberius. And the emperor, having investigated what happened, crucified the priests and Ide, and demolished the temple, and submerged the statue of Isis in the river Tiber, but he sentenced Mundus to exile, granting him pardon so that he would not be punished more severely because of the violence of his love. But while these things were done in Rome, a disturbance occurred in Samaria. For a certain man commanded the Samaritans to assemble with him on Mount Gerizim; this is considered by them the holiest of mountains; and he promised to show to those who arrived sacred vessels buried there by Moses; and they gathered and were in arms. But Pilate, sending soldiers, killed some, put others to flight, and destroyed the leaders of those taken alive. But the Samaritans went to Vitellius of Syria

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ον ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ ἐδόξασε· περὶ ου ἐν ἑτέροις λεπτομερέστερον διεληλύθαμεν πρὸς τοὺς ζητοῦντας τὴν ἀλήθειαν. ουτος τὴν πατρὸς ἑκάστῳ δικαιοκρισίαν ποιούμενος, πᾶσι κατὰ τὰ εργα παρασκευάσει τὸ δίκαιον. ου κρίσει παραστάντες πάντες ανθρωποί τε καὶ αγγελοι καὶ δαίμονες μίαν ἀποφθέγξονται φωνὴν ουτω λέγοντες, δικαία σου ἡ κρίσις. ης φωνῆς τὸ ἀνταπόδομα ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροις ἐπάγει τὸ δίκαιον, τοῖς μὲν ευ πράξασι δικαίως τὴν ἀΐδιον ἀπόλαυσιν παρασχόντος, τοῖς δὲ τῶν φαύλων ἐρασταῖς τὴν αἰώνιον κόλασιν ἀπονείμαντος. καὶ τούτοις μὲν τὸ πῦρ ασβεστον διαμένει καὶ ἀτελεύτητον, σκώληξ δέ τις εμπυρος μὴ τελευτῶν μηδὲ σῶμα διαφθείρων, ἀπαύστῳ δ' ὀδύνῃ ἐκ σώματος ἐκβράσσων παραμένει." καὶ αλλα δ' ἐπὶ τούτοις φησίν. Ουτω μὲν ουν περὶ Χριστοῦ γέγραφεν ὁ ̓Ιώσηπος. ἐν δὲ ̔Ρώμῃ τότε Παυλῖνά τις ην καὶ γένους περιφανείᾳ καὶ τρόπων σεμνυνομένη χρηστότητι καὶ 2.14 πλούτου περιττῶς εχουσα· ουσα δὲ καὶ τὴν οψιν χαρίεσσα καὶ τῆς ἡλικίας ἐν ῃ γυναῖκες ἀγάλλονται, σωφροσύνῃ κεκόσμητο. συνῴκει δὲ Σατορνίνῳ, ἀνδρὶ μηδὲν αὐτῆς εἰς εκαστον τῶν καλῶν ἀποδέοντι. ταύτης ἑάλω τῷ ερωτι ∆έκιος Μοῦνδος, ἐν ἀξιώματι ων μεγάλῳ τῶν τότε ἱππέων, καὶ ἐπείρα δώροις· εικοσι γὰρ μυριάδας δραχμῶν ̓Αττικῶν εὐνῆς ἐδίδου μιᾶς. ἡ δὲ οὐκ ἠνείχετο. κἀκεῖνος ἐξῆπτο πλέον εἰς ερωτα, ωστε βρώσεως ἀποχῇ ἑαυτῷ μνηστεύεσθαι θάνατον. ην δὲ τούτῳ ἀπελευθέρα πατρῴα Ιδη καλουμένη, παντοίων ιδρις κακῶν. αυτη ουτως εχοντα τὸν νεανίαν ὁρῶσα ἀναθαρσύνει λόγοις καὶ ἀναζωπυρεῖ ὑποσχέσεσι, πέντε μυριάδων αὐτῇ δεήσειν λέγουσα μόνων ωστε τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτῷ κατεργάσασθαι. καὶ λαβοῦσα τὸ αἰτηθὲν ἀργύριον, ἐπεὶ οὐχ ἁλωτὴν ἑώρα τὴν Παυλῖναν τοῖς χρήμασι, τῇ δὲ θεραπείᾳ τῆς Ισιδος, θεὸς δ' αυτη τοῖς ̔Ρωμαίοις τότε νενόμιστο, ῃδει ταύτην προσκειμένην θερμότατα, πρόσεισι τῶν τῆς ψευδοῦς ἐκείνης θεοῦ ἱερέων τισί, καὶ χρήμασιν ἀναπείθει τὴν Παυλῖναν ἐξαπατῆσαι αις δύναιντο μηχαναῖς καὶ τῷ Μούνδῳ συγκατακλῖναι. οἱ δὲ θελχθέντες τοῖς χρήμασι τῇ πράξει ἐπέβαλον. καὶ αὐτῶν ὁ γεραίτατος πρὸς τὴν Παυλῖναν ἐλθών, καὶ ἰδίᾳ αὐτῇ ἐντυχών, ελεγεν ηκειν πεμπτὸς ὑπὸ τοῦ ̓Αννούβιδος, κελεύοντος τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν ηκειν αὐτῆς ἐρῶντα. τῇ δὲ ὁ λόγος εδοξεν εὐκταιότατος, εἰ ἐρῷτο ὑπὸ θεοῦ· καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ κοινοῦται τὸ ἀγγελθέν, κἀκεῖνος συνεχώρει, τὴν σωφροσύνην γινώσκων τῆς γυναικός. ἀπῆλθεν ουν εἰς τὸ τέμενος· καὶ ὡς υπνου καιρὸς ην, ενδον ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῇ γυναικὶ καθευδῆσαι ἡτοίμαστο, καὶ τὰ λύχνα κατέσβεστο. ὁ γοῦν Μοῦνδος, ἐκέκρυπτο γὰρ ἐκεῖ, παν2.15 νύχιον ἐνεφορήθη αὐτῆς, ὡς Αννουβις αὐτῇ προσφερόμενος. ειτα ὁ μὲν ἀπῆλθεν, ἡ δὲ πρὸς τὸν ανδρα φοιτήσασα διηγεῖτο τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ ̓Αννούβιδος, καὶ πρὸς τὰς συνήθεις ἐνελαμπρύνετο ὡς ὁμιλίας ἀξιωθεῖσα θεοῦ. τρίτῃ δὲ μετὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν ἡμέρᾳ συναντήσας ὁ Μοῦνδος αὐτῇ "Παυλῖνα," φησί, "καὶ τὰς εικοσι μυριάδας εχω, καὶ σύ μοι τούτων διηκονήσω χωρίς. α δὲ πρὸς Μοῦνδον ἐξύβριζες, τούτων οὐδέν μοι προσήπτετο, Αννουβιν ονομα θεμένῳ αὑτῷ." ἐκ τούτων εἰς εννοιαν ἐλθοῦσα τοῦ τολμήματος ἡ γυνὴ περιρρήγνυται τὴν στολήν, καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐδήλου τὸ ἐπιβούλευμα· ὁ δὲ τῷ Τιβερίῳ προσῆλθε. καὶ ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ἐξετάσας τὸ γεγονός, τοὺς μὲν ἱερεῖς ἀνεσταύρωσε καὶ τὴν Ιδην, τόν τε ναὸν καθεῖλε, καὶ τὸ τῆς Ισιδος αγαλμα εἰς τὸν Θύβριν ποταμὸν κατεπόντισε, τὸν δὲ Μοῦνδον φυγῇ ἐδικαίωσε, συγγνώμην νείμας αὐτῷ ωστε μὴ μεῖζον κολασθῆναι διὰ τὴν βίαν τοῦ ερωτος. ̓Αλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἐν τῇ ̔Ρώμῃ ἐπέπρακτο, ἐν δὲ Σαμαρείᾳ συμβέβηκε θόρυβος. ἀνὴρ γάρ τις ἐκέλευε τοὺς Σαμαρεῖς ἐπὶ τὸ Γαριζὶν ορος αὐτῷ συνελθεῖν· ἁγνότατον δὲ τοῦτο αὐτοῖς ὑπείληπται τῶν ὀρῶν· καὶ ἀφικομένοις ἐπηγγέλλετο ἱερὰ σκεύη ἐμφανίσαι κατορωρυγμένα ἐκεῖ ὑπὸ Μωυσέως· οἱ δὲ ἠθροίζοντο καὶ ἐν οπλοις ησαν. Πιλάτος δὲ στρατιώτας πέμψας τοὺς μὲν εκτεινε, τοὺς δὲ ἐτρέψατο εἰς φυγήν, καὶ τῶν ζωγρηθέντων τοὺς κορυφαίους διέφθειρεν. οἱ δὲ Σαμαρεῖς πρὸς Οὐιτέλλιον ηλθον Συρίας