John (unresolved ch104)
Also known as: John · Family: Jewish captives · Role: leader of the captives · First appears: Book VII, Chapter 5
Life events
- c. 70 · Titus Caesar ordered Simon, John, and selected captives transported to Italy for his triumph.(Book VII, Chapter 5 · 📍 Italy)
- With: Titus Simon (son of Giora)
- “as for the leaders of the captives, Simon and John, with the other seven hundred men, whom he had selected out of the rest as being eminently tall and handsome of body, he gave order that they should be soon carried to Italy, as resolving to produce them in his triumph.”
Book VII, Chapter 5
- with Titus (Titus ordered John to be transported to Italy as a captive for his triumph.) “as for the leaders of the captives, Simon and John, with the other seven hundred men, whom he had selected out of the rest as being eminently tall and handsome of body, he gave order that they should be soon carried to Italy, as resolving to produce them in his triumph.”
- with Simon (son of Giora) (Simon and John are jointly identified as leaders of the captives.) “as for the leaders of the captives, Simon and John, with the other seven hundred men”
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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.