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Ananus (IV)

IV. ANANUS, the Son of Jonathan, did all he could to hinder the Jews from rebelling against the Romans. He intended, with some others, to introduce Cestius into the City, but the Romans having been discover’d by the Factious, they drove them from the walls with stones, and obliged Ananus and his party to retire for shelter to their houses1.

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  1. Antiq. de Bello, l. ii. c. 24. p. 819. 9. ↩

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