Saul
Family: royal · Role: ambassador; king's kindred · First appears: Book II, Chapter 17
In Book II, Chapter 17, Saul was among the eminent men associated with Agrippa, together with Antipas and Costobarus, and was of the king’s kindred. In Chapter 18, Simon (son of Saul) is identified as his son.
By Chapter 20, Saul and his brother Costobarus, accompanied by Philip the son of Jacimus, had fled the city and gone to Cestius. At their own desire, Cestius sent Saul and his companions to Nero in Achaia to report the Jews’ distress and blame Florus for kindling the war.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cestius sent Saul and his companions to Nero to report the Jews’ distress and blame Florus.(Book II, Chapter 20 · 📍 Achaia)
- With: Cestius Costobarus Philip the son of Jacimus
- “However, Cestius sent Saul and his friends, at their own desire, to Achaia, to Nero, to inform him of the great distress they were in, and to lay the blame of their kindling the war upon Florus, as hoping to alleviate his own danger, by provoking his indignation against Florus.”
Book II, Chapter 17
- with Agrippa (the present king) (They were kindred of Agrippa.) “and others to Agrippa, among whom the most eminent were Saul, and Antipas, and Costobarus, who were of the king's kindred”
Book II, Chapter 18
- child: Simon (son of Saul) (Saul is Simon's father.) “It will deserve our relation what befell Simon; he was the son of one Saul, a man of reputation among the Jews.”
Book II, Chapter 20
- siblings with Costobarus “Costobarus, therefore, and Saul, who were brethren, together with Philip, the son of Jacimus, who was the commander of king Agrippa's forces, ran away from the city, and went to Cestius.”
- with Cestius (Cestius dispatched Saul as an envoy.) “However, Cestius sent Saul and his friends, at their own desire, to Achaia, to Nero, to inform him of the great distress they were in, and to lay the blame of their kindling the war upon Florus, as hoping to alleviate his own danger, by provoking his indignation against Florus.”
- with Nero (Saul was sent to report to Nero.) “However, Cestius sent Saul and his friends, at their own desire, to Achaia, to Nero, to inform him of the great distress they were in, and to lay the blame of their kindling the war upon Florus, as hoping to alleviate his own danger, by provoking his indignation against Florus.”
- with Philip the son of Jacimus (They fled the city together.) “Costobarus, therefore, and Saul, who were brethren, together with Philip, the son of Jacimus, who was the commander of king Agrippa's forces, ran away from the city, and went to Cestius.”
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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.