Mass Exodus for the Festival
From Antipatris Cestius advanced to Lydda, and found the city empty, as the whole population had gone up to Jerusalem for the feast of Tabernacles. [ . . . ] Seeing the war now coming close to the capital, the Jews abandoned the festival and went for their arms.
Translated by Martin Hammond. Used with permission.
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