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When Petronius had said this, and had dismissed rite assembly of
the Jews, he desired the principal of them to take care of their husbandry,
and to speak kindly to the people, and encourage them to have good hope
of their affairs. Thus did he readily bring the multitude to be cheerful
again. And now did God show his presence to Petronius, and signify to him
that he would afford him his assistance in his whole design; for he had
no sooner finished the speech that he made to the Jews, but God sent down
great showers of rain, contrary to human expectation;
for that day was a clear day, and gave no sign, by the appearance of the
sky, of any rain; nay, the whole year had been subject to a great drought,
and made men despair of any water from above, even when at any time they
saw the heavens overcast with clouds; insomuch that when such a great quantity
of rain came, and that in an unusual manner, and without any other expectation
of it, the Jews hoped that Petronius would by no means fail in his petition
for them. But as to Petronius, he was mightily surprised when he perceived
that God evidently took care of the Jews, and gave very plain signs of
his appearance, and this to such a degree, that those that were in earnest
much inclined to the contrary had no power left to contradict it. This
was also among those other particulars which he wrote to Caius, which all
tended to dissuade him, and by all means to entreat him not to make so
many ten thousands of these men go distracted; whom, if he should slay,
(for without war they would by no means suffer the laws of their worship
to be set aside,) he would lose the revenue they paid him, and would be
publicly cursed by them for all future ages. Moreover, that God, who was
their Governor, had shown his power most evidently on their account, and
that such a power of his as left no room for doubt about it. And this was
the business that Petronius was now engaged in.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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