Matthias (son of Margalus)

Also known as: Matthias · Family: Jewish · Role: teacher of the laws · First appears: Book I, Chapter 33

Matthias, son of Margalus, was a Jewish teacher of the laws. In Book I, Chapter 33, he was identified with Judas (son of Sepphoris) as one of the two most skillful teachers of the laws in Jerusalem: “they were, the one Judas, the son of Sepphoris, and the other Matthias, the son of Margalus.”

At Jerusalem, followers of Matthias and Judas (son of Sepphoris) lowered themselves from the temple and cut down the golden eagle at midday. Herod ordered the rabbins and those who had cut down the eagle to be executed for sacrilege, while others who were caught were delivered to the proper officers to be put to death.

Relationship record

Life events

• Judas and Matthias’ followers cut down the golden eagle from the temple gate.(Book I, Chapter 33 · 📍 Jerusalem)
  • With: Judas (son of Sepphoris)
  • “they therefore let themselves down from the top of the temple with thick cords, and this at midday, and while a great number of people were in the temple, and cut down that golden eagle with axes.”
• Herod ordered the rabbins and eagle-cutters executed for sacrilege.(Book I, Chapter 33)
  • With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Judas (son of Sepphoris)
  • “ordered those that had let themselves down, together with their Rabbins, to be burnt alive, but delivered the rest that were caught to the proper officers, to be put to death by them.”

Book I, Chapter 33

• parent: Margalus “they were, the one Judas, the son of Sepphoris, and the other Matthias, the son of Margalus.”
• child: Margalus “and the other Matthias, the son of Margalus”
• with Judas (son of Sepphoris) (They are presented as the two leading teachers of the laws.) “There were two men of learning in the city [Jerusalem,] who were thought the most skillful in the laws of their country, ... they were, the one Judas, the son of Sepphoris, and the other Matthias, the son of Margalus”

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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.