Phineas
Family: Jewish · Role: commander · First appears: Book IV, Chapter 4
In Book IV, Chapter 4, Phineas, the son of Clusothus, was one of four commanders who led twenty thousand Idumeans to Jerusalem alongside John, Jacob, and Simon son of Cathlas. After the zealots opened the gate facing the Idumeans, Phineas and the others entered the city and first hurried to free the imprisoned zealots.
By c. 70, Phineas was serving as the temple treasurer when he was seized. He showed Titus the priests’ coats and girdles, along with stored purple and scarlet supplies.
Relationship record
Life events
- Twenty thousand Idumeans assembled and marched to Jerusalem under four commanders.(Book IV, Chapter 4 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: John (unresolved ch069) Jacob Simon son of Cathlas
- “and twenty thousand of them were put into battle-array, and came to Jerusalem, under four commanders, John, and Jacob the son of Sosas; and besides these were Simon, the son of Cathlas, and Phineas, the son of Clusothus.”
- The zealots opened the gate opposite the Idumeans, enabling them to enter Jerusalem.(Book IV, Chapter 4 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Eleazar (son of Simon) Zacharias Simon son of Cathlas John (unresolved ch069) Jacob
- “So they secretly went out of the temple to the wall of the city, and made use of their saws, and opened that gate which was over against the Idumeans.”
- The Idumeans entered the city and moved first to release the imprisoned zealots.(Book IV, Chapter 4 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Eleazar (son of Simon) Zacharias Simon son of Cathlas John (unresolved ch069) Jacob
- “but as they first of all made haste to get the zealots out of custody”
- c. 70 · Phineas was seized and disclosed the priests’ stored garments and sacred supplies.(Book VI, Chapter 8)
- “The treasurer of the temple also, whose name was Phineas, was seized on, and showed Titus the coats and girdles of the priests, with a great quantity of purple and scarlet”
Book IV, Chapter 4
- parent: Clusothus (Parent-to-child relation.) “and Phineas, the son of Clusothus.”
- with John (unresolved ch069) (They were co-commanders of the Idumean army.) “twenty thousand of them were put into battle-array, and came to Jerusalem, under four commanders, John, and Jacob the son of Sosas; and besides these were Simon, the son of Cathlas, and Phineas, the son of Clusothus.”
- with Jacob (They were co-commanders of the Idumean army.) “twenty thousand of them were put into battle-array, and came to Jerusalem, under four commanders, John, and Jacob the son of Sosas; and besides these were Simon, the son of Cathlas, and Phineas, the son of Clusothus.”
- with Simon son of Cathlas (They were co-commanders of the Idumean army.) “twenty thousand of them were put into battle-array, and came to Jerusalem, under four commanders, John, and Jacob the son of Sosas; and besides these were Simon, the son of Cathlas, and Phineas, the son of Clusothus.”
Book VI, Chapter 8
- with Titus (interaction) “The treasurer of the temple also, whose name was Phineas, was seized on, and showed Titus the coats and girdles of the priests, with a great quantity of purple and scarlet, which were there reposited for the uses of the veil,”
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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.