charge did as they were bidden, and Jesus came in with a few
others; and when I had ordered him to throw down his arms
immediately, and told him, that if he refused so to do, he was a
dead man, he seeing armed men standing all round about him, was
terrified, and complied; and as for those of his followers that
were excluded, when they were informed that he was seized, they
ran away. I then called Jesus to me by himself, and told him,
that" I was not a stranger to that treacherous design he had
against me, nor was I ignorant by whom he was sent for; that,
however, I would forgive him what he had done already, if he
would repent of it, and be faithful to me hereafter." And thus,
upon his promise to do all that I desired, I let him go, and gave
him leave to get those whom he had formerly had with him together
again. But I threatened the inhabitants of Sepphoris, that, if
they would not leave off their ungrateful treatment of me, I
would punish them sufficiently.

23. At this time it was that two great men, who were under the
jurisdiction of the king [Agrippa] came to me out of the region
of Trachonius, bringing their horses and their arms, and carrying
with them their money also; and when the Jews would force them to
be circumcised, if they would stay among them, I would not permit
them to have any force put upon them, (11) but said to them,
"Every one ought to worship God according to his own
inclinations, and not to be constrained by force; and that these
men, who had fled to us for protection, ought not to be so
treated as to repent of their coming hither." And when I had
pacified the multitude, I provided for the men that were come to
us whatsoever it was they wanted, according to their usual way of
living, and that in great plenty also.