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to　time　and　place；　to　be　compared　with　either　of　those　Jewish
writers；　in　a　matter　concerning　the　Jews　in　Judea　in　their　own
days；　and　concerning　a　sister　of　Agrippa；　junior；　with　which
Agrippa　Josephus　was　himself　so　well　acquainted。　It　is　probable
that　Tacitus　may　say　true；　when　he　informs　us　that　this　Felix
（who　had　in　all　three　wives；　or　queens；　as　Suetonius　in　Claudius；
sect。　28；　assures　us）　did　once　marry　such　a　grandchild　of
Antonius　and　Cleopatra；　and　finding　the　name　of　one　of　them　to
have　been　Drusilla；　he　mistook　her　for　that　other　wife；　whose
name　he　did　not　know。

（14）　This　eruption　of　Vesuvius　was　one　of　the　greatest　we　have　in
history。　See　Bianchini's　curious　and　important　observations　on
this　Vesuvius；　and　its　seven　several　great　eruptions；　with　their
remains　vitrified；　and　still　existing；　in　so　many　different
strata　under　ground；　till　the　diggers　came　to　the　antediluvian
waters；　with　their　proportionable　interstices；　implying　the
deluge　to　have　been　above　two　thousand　five　hundred　years　before
the　Christian　era；　according　to　our　exactest　chronology。

（15）　This　is　now　wanting。

（16）　This　also　is　now　wanting。

（17）　This　duration　of　the　reign　of　Claudius　agrees　with　Dio；　as
Dr。　Hudson　here　remarks；　as　he　also　remarks　that　Nero's　name；
which　was　at　first　L。　Domitius　Aenobarbus；　after　Claudius　had
adopted　him　was　Nero　Claudius　Caesar　Drusus　Germanicus。　This
Soleus　as　＇own　Life；　sect。　11；　as　also＇　by　Dio　Cassius　andTaeims；
as　Dr。　Hudson　informs　us。

（18）　This　agrees　with　Josephus's　frequent　accounts　elsewhere　in
his　own　Life；　that　Tibetans；　and　Taricheae；　and　Gamala　were　under
this　Agrippa；　junior；　till　Justus；　the　son　of　Pistus；　seized　for
the　Jews；　upon　the　breaking　out　of　the　war。

（19）　This　treacherous　and　barbarous　murder　of　the　good　high
priest　Jonathan；　by　the　contrivance　of　this　wicked　procurator；
Felix；　was　the　immediate　occasion　of　the　ensuing　murders　by　the
Sicarii　or　ruffians；　and　one　great　cause　of　the　following　horrid
cruelties　and　miseries　of　the　Jewish　nation；　as　Josephus　here
supposes；　whose　excellent　reflection　on　the　gross　wickedness　of
that　nation；　as　the　direct　cause　of　their　terrible　destruction；
is　well　worthy　the　attention　of　every　Jewish　and　of　every
Christian　reader。　And　since　we　are　soon　coming　to　the　catalogue
of　the　Jewish　high　priests；　it　may　not　be　amiss；　with　Reland；　to
insert　this　Jonathan　among　them；　and　to　transcribe　his　particular
catalogue　of　the　last　twenty…eight　high　priests；　taken　out　of
Josephus；　and　begin　with　Ananelus；　who　was
made　by　Herod　the　Great。　See　Antiq。　B。　XV。　ch。　2。　sect。　4；
and　the　note　there。
1。　Ananelus。
2。　Aristobulus。
3。　Jesus；　the　son　of　Fabus。
4。　Simon；　the　son　of　Boethus。
5。　Marthias；　the　son　of　Theophiltu。
6。　Joazar；　the　son　of　Boethus。
7。　Eleazar；　the　son　of　Boethus。
8。　Jesus；　the　son　of　Sic。
9。　＇Annas；　or＇　Ananus；　the　son　of　Seth。
10。　Ismael；　the　son　of　Fabus。
11。　Eleazar；　the　son　of　Ananus。
12。　Simon；　the　son　of　Camithus。
13。　Josephus　Caiaphas；　the　son…in…law　to　Ananus。
14。　Jonathan；　the　son　of　Ananus。
15。　Theophilus；　his　brother；　and　son　of　Ananus。
16。　Simon；　the　son　of　Boethus。
17。　Matthias；　the　brother　of　Jonathan；　and　son　of　Ananus。
18。　Aljoneus。
19。　Josephus；　the　son　of　Camydus。
20。　Ananias；　the　son　of　Nebedeus。
21。　Jonathas。
22。　Ismael；　the　son　of　Fabi。
23。　Joseph　Cabi；　the　son　of　Simon。
24。　Ananus；　the　son　of　Artanus。
25。　Jesus；　the　son　of　Damnetas。
26。　Jesus；　the　son　of　Gamaliel。
27。　Matthias；　the　son　of　Theophilus。
28。　Phannias；　the　son　of　Samuel。
As　for　Ananus　and　Joseph　Caiaphas；　here　mentioned　about　the
middle　of　this　catalogue；　they　are　no　other　than　those　Annas　and
Caiaphas　so　often　mentioned　in　the　four　Gospels；　and　that
Ananias；　the　son　of　Nebedeus；　was　that　high　priest　before　whom
St。　Paul　pleaded　his　own　cause；　Acts　24。

（20）　Of　these　Jewish　impostors　and　false　prophets；　with　many
other　circumstances　and　miseries　of　the　Jews；　till　their　utter
destruction；　foretold　by　our　Savior；　see　Lit。　Accompl。　of　Proph。
p。　58…75。　Of　this　Egyptian　impostor；　and　the　number　of　his
followers；　in　Josephus；　see　Acts　21：38。

（21）　The　wickedness　here　was　very　peculiar　and　extraordinary；
that　the　high　priests　should　so　oppress　their　brethren　the
priests；　as　to　starve　the　poorest　of　them　to　death。　See　the　like
presently；　ch。　9。　sect。　2。　Such　fatal　crimes　are　covetousness　and
tyranny　in　the　clergy；　as　well　as　in　the　laity；　in　all　ages。

（22）　We　have　here　one　eminent　example　of　Nero's　mildness　and
goodness　in　his　government　towards　the　Jews；　during　the　first
five　years　of　his　reign；　so　famous　in　antiquity；　we　have　perhaps
another　in　Josephus's　own　Life；　sect。　3；　and　a　third；　though　of　a
very　different　nature　here；　in　sect。　9；　just　before。　However；
both　the　generous　acts　of　kindness　were　obtained　of　Nero　by　his
queen　Poppea；　who　was　a　religious　lady；　and　perhaps　privately　a
Jewish　proselyte；　and　so　were　not　owing　entirely　to　Nero's　own
goodness。

（23）　It　hence　evidently　appears　that　Sadducees　might　be　high
priests　in　the　days　of　Josephus；　and　that　these　Sadducees　were
usually　very　severe　and　inexorable　judges；　while　the　Pharisees
were　much　milder；　and　more　merciful；　as　appears　by　Reland's
instances　in　his　note　on　this　place；　and　on　Josephus's　Life；
sect。　31；　and　those　taken　from　the　New　Testament；　from　Josephus
himself；　and　from　the　Rabbins；　nor　do　we　meet　with　any　Sadducees
later　than　this　high　priest　in　all　Josephus。

（24）　Of　this　condemnation　of　James　the　Just；　and　its　causes；　as
also　that　he　did　not　die　till　long　afterwards；　see　Prim。　Christ。
Revived；　vol。　III。　ch。　43…46。　The　sanhedrim　condemned　our　Savior；
but　could　not　put　him　to　death　without　the　approbation　of　the
Roman　procurator；　nor　could　therefore　Ananias　and　his　sanhedrim
do　more　here；　since　they　never　had　Albinus's　approbation　for　the
putting　this　James　to　death。

（25）　This　Ananias　was　not　the　son　of　Nebedeus；　as　I　take　it；　but
he　who　was　called　Annas　or　Ananus　the　elder；　the　ninth　in　the
catalogue；　and　who　had　been　esteemed　high　priest　for　a　long　time；
and；　besides　Caiaphas；　his　son…in…law；　had　five　of　his　own　sons
high　priests　after　him；　which　were　those　of　numbers　11；　14；　15；
17；　24；　in　the　foregoing　catalogue。　Nor　ought　we　to　pass　slightly
over　what　Josephus　here　says　of　Annas；　or　Ananias；　that　he　was
high　priest　a　long　time　before　his　children　were　so；　he　was　the
son　of　Seth；　and　is　set　down　first　for　high　priest　in　the
foregoing　catalogue；　under　number　9。　He　was　made　by　Quirinus；　and
continued　till　Ismael；　the　10th　in　number；　for　about　twenty…three
years；　which　long　duration　of　his　high　priesthood；　joined　to　the
successions　of　his　son…in…law；　and　five　children　of　his　own；　made
him　a　sort　of　perpetual　high　priest；　and　was　perhaps　the　occasion
that　former　high　priests　kept　their　titles　ever　afterwards；　for　I
believe　it　is　hardly　met　with　be　fore　him。

（26）　This　insolent　petition　of　some　of　the　Levites；　to　wear　the
sacerdotal　garments　when　they　sung　hymns　to　God　in　the　temple；
was　very　probably　owing　to　the　great　depression　and　contempt　the
haughty　high　priests　had　now　brought　their　brethren　the　priests
into；　of　which　see　ch。　8。　sect。　8；　and　ch。　9；　sect。　2。

（27）　Of　these　cloisters　of　Solomon；　see　the　description　of　the
temple；　ch。　13。　They　seem；　by　Josephus's　words；　to　have　been
built　from　the　bottom　of　the　valley。

（28）　See　the　Life　at　the　beginning　of　the　volume。

（29）　What　Josephus　here　declares　his　intention　to　do；　if　God
permitted；　to　give　the　public　again　an　abridgement　of　the　Jewish
War　hear　of　it　elsewhere；　whether　he　performed　what　he　now
intended　or　not。　Some　of　the　reasons　of　this　design　of　his　might
possibly　be；　his　observation　of　the　many　errors　he　had　been
guilty　of　in　the　two　first　of　those　seven　books　of　the　War；　which
were　written　when　he　was　comparatively　young；　and　less　acquainted
with　the　Jewish　antiquities　than　he　now　was；　and　in　which
abridgement　we　might　have　hoped　to　find　those　many　passages　which
himself；　as　well　as　those　several　passages　which　others　refer　to；
as　written　by　him；　but　which　are　not　extant　in　his　present　works。
However；　since　many　of　his　own　references　to　what　he　had　written
elsewhere；　as　well　as　most　of　his　own　errors；　belong　to　such
early　times　as　could　not　well　come　into　this　abridgement　of　the
Jewish　War；　and　since　none　of　those　that　quote　things　not　now
extant　in　his　works；　including　himself　as　well　as　others；　ever
cite　any　such　abridgement；　I　am　forced　rather　to　suppose　that　he
never　did　publish　any　such　work　at　all；　I　mean；　as　distinct　from
his　own　Life；　written　by　himself；　for　an　appendix　to　these
Antiquities；　and　this　at　least　seven　years　after　these
Antiquities　were　finished。　Nor　indeed　does　it　appear　to　me　that
Josephus　ever　published　that　other　work　here　mentioned；　as
intended　by　him　for　the　public　also：　I　mean　the　three　or　four
books　concerning　God　and　his　essence；　and　concerning　the　Jewish
laws；　why；　according　to　them；　some　things　were　permitted　the
Jews；　and　others　prohibited；　which　last　seems　to　be　the　same　work
which　Josephus　had　also　promised；　if　God　permitted；　at　the
conclusion　of　his　preface　to　these　Antiquities；　nor　do　I　suppose
that　he　ever　published　any　of　them。　The