gns, and brought them into the city; whereas our
law forbids us the very making of images; on which account the former
procurators were wont to make their entry into the city with such
ensigns as had not those ornaments. Pilate was the first who brought
those images to Jerusalem, and set them up there; which was done without
the knowledge of the people, because it was done in the night time;
but as soon as they knew it, they came in multitudes to Cesarea, and
interceded with Pilate many days that he would remove the images; and
when he would not grant their requests, because it would tend to the
injury of Caesar, while yet they persevered in their request, on the
sixth day he ordered his soldiers to have their weapons privately, while
he came and sat upon his judgment-seat, which seat was so prepared in
the open place of the city, that it concealed the army that lay ready to
oppress them; and when the Jews petitioned him again, he gave a signal
to the soldiers to encompass them routed, and threatened that their
punishment should be no less than immediate death, unless they would
leave off disturbing him, and go their ways home. But they threw
themselves upon the ground, and laid their necks bare, and said they
would take their death very willingly, rather than the wisdom of their
laws should be transgressed; upon which Pilate was deeply affected
with their firm resolution to keep their laws inviolable, and presently
commanded the images to be carried back from Jerusalem to Cesarea.

2. But Pilate undertook to bring a current of water to Jerusalem, and
did it with the sacred money, and derived the origin of the stream from
the distance of two hundred furlongs. However, the Jews [8] were not
pleased with what had been done about this water; and many ten thousands
of the people got together, and made a clamor against him, and insisted
that he should leave off that design. Some of them also used reproaches,
and abused the man, as crowds of such people usually do. So he habited
a great number of his soldiers in their habit, who carried daggers under
their garments, and sent them to a place where they might surround them.
So he bid the Jews himself go away; but they boldly casting reproaches
upon him, he gave the soldiers that signal which had been beforehand
agreed on; who laid upon them much greater blows than Pilate had
commanded them, and equally punished those that were tumultuous, and
those that were not; nor did they sp