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Historia Ecclesiastica

Book III, Chapter 12. Vespasian commands the Descendants of David to be sought

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Eusebius of Caesarea

He also relates that Vespasian after the conquest of Jerusalem gave orders that all that belonged to the lineage of David should be sought out, in order that none of the royal race might be left among the Jews; and in consequence of this a most terrible persecution again hung over the Jews.

Trans. Arthur Cushman McGiffert, A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume I, 1890. Public domain.

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