bloodshed; and when I had prevailed with the multitude of the
Galileans to let me do so, I came to Sepphoris.

22. But the inhabitants of this city having determined to
continue in their allegiance to the Romans, were afraid of my
coming to them, and tried, by putting me upon another action, to
divert me, that they might be freed from the terror they were in.
Accordingly, they sent to Jesus, the captain of those robbers who
were in the confines of Ptolemais, and promised to give him a
great deal of money, if he would come with those forces he had
with him, which were in number eight hundred, and fight with us.
Accordingly, he complied with what they desired, upon the
promises they had made him, and was desirous to fall upon us when
we were unprepared for him, and knew nothing of his coming
beforehand. So he sent to me, and desired that I would give him
leave to come and salute me. When I had given him that leave,
which I did without the least knowledge of his treacherous
intentions beforehand, he took his band of robbers, and made
haste to come to me. Yet did not this his knavery succeed well at
last; for as he was already nearly approaching, one of those with
him deserted him, and came to me, and told me what he had
undertaken to do. When I was informed of this, I went into the
market-place, and pretended to know nothing of his treacherous
purpose. I took with me many Galileans that were armed, as also
some of those of Tiberias; and, when I had given orders that all
the roads should be carefully guarded, I charged the keepers of
the gates to give admittance to none but Jesus, when he came,
with the principal of his men, and to exclude the rest; and in
case they aimed to force themselves in, to use stripes [in order
to repel them]. Accordingly, those that had received such a