d them by measure, began to fail
them. And now Simon, thinking he might be able to astonish and elude the
Romans, put on a white frock, and buttoned upon him a purple cloak, and
appeared out of the ground in the place where the temple had formerly
been. At the first, indeed, those that saw him were greatly astonished,
and stood still where they were; but afterward they came nearer to him,
and asked him who he was. Now Simon would not tell them, but bid them
call for their captain; and when they ran to call him, Terentius Rufus
[2] who was left to command the army there, came to Simon, and learned
of him the whole truth, and kept him in bonds, and let Caesar know that
he was taken. Thus did God bring this man to be punished for what bitter
and savage tyranny he had exercised against his countrymen by those who
were his worst enemies; and this while he was not subdued by violence,
but voluntarily delivered himself up to them to be punished, and that
on the very same account that he had laid false accusations against many
Jews, as if they were falling away to the Romans, and had barbarously
slain them for wicked actions do not escape the Divine anger, nor is
justice too weak to punish offenders, but in time overtakes those that
transgress its laws, and inflicts its punishments upon the wicked in a
manner, so much more severe, as they expected to escape it on account
of their not being punished immediately. [3] Simon was made sensible of
this by falling under the indignation of the Romans. This rise of his
out of the ground did also occasion the discovery of a great number of
others Of the seditious at that time, who had hidden themselves under
ground. But for Simon, he was brought to Caesar in bonds, when he was
come back to that Cesarea which was on the seaside, who gave orders that
he should be kept against that triumph which he was to celebrate at Rome
upon this occasion.

CHAPTER 3.

How Titus Upon The Celebration Of His Brothers And Fathers
Birthdays Had Many Of The Jews Slain. Concerning The Danger
The Jews Were In At Antioch, By Means Of The Transgression
And Impiety Of One Antiochus, A Jew.

1. While Titus was at Cesarea, he solemnized the birthday of his brother
[Domitian] after a splendid manner, and inflicted a great deal of the
punishment intended for the Jews in honor of him; for the number of
those that were now slain in fighting with the beasts, and were burnt,
and fought with one