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Then Varus bid Antipater make his defense; but he lay along in silence,
and said no more but this, "God is my witness that I am entirely innocent."
So Varus asked for the potion, and gave it to be drunk by a condemned malefactor,
who was then in prison, who died upon the spot. So Varus, when he had had
a very private discourse with Herod, and had written an account of this
assembly to Caesar, went away, after a day's stay. The king also bound
Antipater, and sent away to inform Caesar of his misfortunes.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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