Jesus (son of Thebuthus)

Also known as: Jesus · Family: Jewish · Role: priest · First appears: Book VI, Chapter 8

In Book VI, Chapter 8, Jesus was one of the priests and the son of Thebuthus. After Titus secured his preservation by Caesar’s oath on the condition that he surrender precious objects reposited in the temple, Jesus came out and delivered him two solid-gold candlesticks, along with tables, cisterns, and vials.

Relationship record

Book VI, Chapter 8

• parent: Thebuthus “one of the priests, the son of Thebuthus, whose name was Jesus”
• with Titus (Caesar gave Jesus conditional security and protection.) “one of the priests, the son of Thebuthus, whose name was Jesus, upon his having security given him, by the oath of Caesar, that he should be preserved, upon condition that he should deliver to him certain of the precious things that had been reposited in the temple”
• with Titus (Jesus surrendered temple treasures to Caesar.) “upon condition that he should deliver to him certain of the precious things that had been reposited in the temple 29 came out of it, and delivered him from the wall of the holy house two candlesticks, like to those that lay in the holy house, with tables, and cisterns, and vials, all made of solid gold, and very heavy.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.