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> [“Brave and loyal followers! Long ago we resolved to serve neither the Romans nor anyone other than God Himself, who alone is the true and just Lord of mankind. The time has now come that bids us prove our determination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/brave-and-loyal-followers-long-ago-we-resolved-to-serve-neither-the/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

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## More by Josephus

> [ At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and \[he\] was known to be virtuous.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/at-this-time-there-was-a-wise-man-who-was-called-jesus-and-his/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/everyone-ought-to-worship-god-according-to-his-own-inclinations-and/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [Antipater, now undisputed heir, had called down on his head the utter loathing of the nation, for everyone knew that all the slanders directed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/antipater-now-undisputed-heir-had-called-down-on-his-head-the-utter/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [If the soul be pure, then shall she obtain favor and rejoice in the latter day; but if she hath been defiled, then shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/if-the-soul-be-pure-then-shall-she-obtain-favor-and-rejoice-in-the/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [Measures are an innovation that changed a world of innocent and noble simplicity into one forever filled with dishonesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/measures-are-an-innovation-that-changed-a-world-of-innocent-and-noble/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [The virtuous shall have the power to revive and live again. All pure and holy spirits live on in heavenly places, and in course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/the-virtuous-shall-have-the-power-to-revive-and-live-again-all-pure/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and he was known to be virtuous.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/at-this-time-there-was-a-wise-man-who-was-called-jesus-and-his-2/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [“Brave and loyal followers! Long ago we resolved to serve neither the Romans nor anyone other than God Himself, who alone is the true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/brave-and-loyal-followers-long-ago-we-resolved-to-serve-neither-the/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [The law, moreover enjoins us to bring up all our offspring, and forbids women to cause abortion of what is begotten, or to destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/the-law-moreover-enjoins-us-to-bring-up-all-our-offspring-and-forbids/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [And when the book of Daniel was showed to him (Alexander the Great) wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/and-when-the-book-of-daniel-was-showed-to-him-alexander-the-great/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [They smiled in their pains and laughed to scorn those who inflicted torments on them, resigned up their souls with great alacrity, expecting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/they-smiled-in-their-pains-and-laughed-to-scorn-those-who-inflicted/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

> [When all men were of one language, some of them built a high tower, as if they would thereby ascend up to heaven, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/when-all-men-were-of-one-language-some-of-them-built-a-high-tower-as/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

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