come and make an assault upon the city with a great army. This
was the counsel of Simon; but Artanus the high priest
demonstrated to them that this was not an easy thing to be done,
because many of the high priests and of the rulers of the people
bore witness that I had acted like an excellent general, and that
it was the work of ill men to accuse one against whom they had
nothing to say.

39. When Simon heard Ananus say this, he desired that the
messengers would conceal the thing, and not let it come among
many; for that he would take care to have Josephus removed out of
Galilee very quickly. So he called for John's brother, [Simon,]
and charged him that they should send presents to Ananus and his
friends; for, as he said, they might probably by that means
persuade them to change their minds. And indeed Simon did at
length thus compass what he aimed at; for Artanus, and those with
him, being corrupted by bribes, agreed to expel me out of
Galilee, without making the rest of the citizens acquainted with
what they were doing. Accordingly, they resolved to send men of
distinction as to their families, and of distinction as to their
learning also. Two of these were of the populace, Jonathan (17)
and Ananias, by sect Pharisees; while the third, Jozar, was of
the stock of the priests, and a Pharisee also; and Simon, the
last of them, was of the youngest of the high priests. These had
it given them in charge, that, when they were come to the
multitude of the Galileans, they should ask them, what was the
reason of their love to me? and if they said that it was because
I was born at Jerusalem, that they should reply, that they four
were all born at the same place; and if they should say, it was
because I was well versed in their law, they should reply, that