ut this, that what
you have given us yourselves you will not see taken away by others from
us."

4. When Nicolaus had made this speech, there was no opposition made to
it by the Greeks, for this was not an inquiry made, as in a court of
justice, but an intercession to prevent violence to be offered to the
Jews any longer; nor did the Greeks make any defense of themselves, or
deny what it was supposed they had done. Their pretense was no more than
this, that while the Jews inhabited in their country, they were entirely
unjust to them [in not joining in their worship] but they demonstrated
their generosity in this, that though they worshipped according to
their institutions, they did nothing that ought to grieve them. So when
Agrippa perceived that they had been oppressed by violence, he made this
answer: That, on account of Herod's good-will and friendship, he was
ready to grant the Jews whatsoever they should ask him, and that their
requests seemed to him in themselves just; and that if they requested
any thing further, he should not scruple to grant it them, provided they
were no way to the detriment of the Roman government; but that while
their request was no more than this, that what privileges they had
already given them might not be abrogated, he confirmed this to them,
that they might continue in the observation of their own customs,
without any one offering them the least injury. And when he had said
thus, he dissolved the assembly; upon which Herod stood up and saluted
him, and gave him thanks for the kind disposition he showed to them.
Agrippa also took this in a very obliging manner, and saluted him again,
and embraced him in his arms; after which he went away from Lesbos; but
the king determined to sail from Samos to his own country; and when he
had taken his leave of Agrippa, he pursued his voyage, and landed at
Cesarea in a few days' time, as having favorable winds; from whence
he went to Jerusalem, and there gathered all the people together to an
assembly, not a few being there out of the country also. So he came to
them, and gave them a particular account of all his journey, and of
the affairs of all the Jews in Asia, how by his means they would live
without injurious treatment for the time to come. He also told them of
the entire good fortune he had met with and how he had administered
the government, and had not neglected any thing which was for their
advantage; and as he was very joyful, he now remitte