BOOK 1

1. Flavius Josephus: Quirinius had a census (Ecclesiastical History 1.5.2-4; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.1-2; Luke 1:1-2)

2. Flavius Josephus: Judas of Galilees rebelled (Ecclesiastical History 1.5.3-6; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.4; The Wars of the Jews 2.8.118; Acts 5:37)

3. Flavius Josephus: Herod is only half-Jewish (Ecclesiastical History 1.6.1-2; The Antiquities of the Jews 14.15.403; 14.7.126; Genesis 49:10)

4. Flavius Josephus: Herod appointed illegitimate priests (Ecclesiastical History 1.6.8-11; The Antiquities of the Jews 15.2.21-22; Daniel 12:11; Genesis 49:10)

5. Flavius Josephus: Herod suffered terrible illness and family conflict for slaughtering innocent children in attempt to kill Jesus Christ (Ecclesiastical History 1.8.3-16; The Antiquities of the Jews 17.6.168-170; The War of the Jews 1.33.656-660, 662, 664-665; Matthew 2:16-20)

6. Flavius Josephus: Pontius Pilate as appointed over Judah in Tiberius’ twelfth year (Ecclesiastical History 1.9.1-4; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.4.89; Matthew 2:22-23; Luke 3:1)

7. Flavius Josephus: Jesus’ ministry had to be less than four years serving under four high priests that served for less than a year each (Ecclesiastical History 1.10.2-7; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.2.33-35; Luke 3:1-2)

8. Flavius Josephus: Herod’s army was destroyed because he killed John the Baptist (Ecclesiastical History 1.11.1-6; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.5.116-119; Mark 6:17-29; Matthew 14:3-12; Luke 9:7-9)

9. Flavius Josephus: Jesus did many miracles, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and appeared resurrected to his followers (Ecclesiastical History 1.11.7-9; The Antiquities of the Jews 1.18.63-64; John 20:30-31)

BOOK 2

10. Flavius Josephus: Caius made Agrippa the Jewish governor and banished Herod and Herodias his wife (Ecclesiastical History 2.4.1; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.7.2.245-255)

11. Flavius Josephus: after an uprising in Alexandria because of Caius’ anti-semitic laws, Philo went before him (Ecclesiastical History 2.5.1-6; The Antiquities of the Jews 18.8.257-260)

12. Philo of Alexandria & Flavius Josephus: Caius had Pilate erect Caesar’s image in the Jewish Temple not long after the Jews had told Pilate that Caesar was their king and not Jesus (Ecclesiastical History 2.6.2-7; On the Embassy to Gaius 346; The Wars of the Jews 2.9.169-170, 9.175-177; John 19:15)

13. Flavius Josephus: Agrippa was stricken by an angel after receiving praise as a god (Ecclesiastical History 2.10.1-10; The Antiquities of the Jews 19.8.343-347; Acts 12:20-23)

14. Flavius Josephus: some Thadeus arose and persuaded many to follow him as a prophet and were killed (Ecclesiastical History 2.11.1-3; The Antiquities of the Jews 20.5.97-98; Acts 5:36)

15. Philo of Alexandria: the Hebrew men and women were taking up a monastic style of life in Egypt after the preaching of the Apostles (Ecclesiastical History 2.17.1-23; On the Contemplative Life 1-3, 19-20, 21-22, 25, 28-29, 29, 34-35, 68, 78, 73; Acts 4:34-35)

16. Flavius Josephus: a fight between the chief priests and other priests broke out and some sicarii entered in and killed priests (Ecclesiastical History 20.20.2; The Antiquities of the Jews 20.8.180-181, 164-165)

17. Flavius Josephus: some Egyptian imposter seduced some followers and was taken down by Roman soldiers (Ecclesiastical History 2.21.1-3; The Wars of the Jews 2.13.261-263; Acts 21:38)

18. Flavius Josephus: James the Just was unjustly killed and his bloodguilt brought about the destruction of the Temple (Ecclesiastical History 2.23.19-24; The Antiquities of the Jews 20.9.197-203)

BOOK 3

19. Flavius Josephus: the famine in Jerusalem was severe (Ecclesiastical History 3.6.1-28; The Wars of the Jews 5.10.424-438; 5.12.512-519; 5.13.566; 6.3.193-213)

20. Flavius Josephus: many died in the revolt of the Jews (Ecclesiastical History 3.7.1-2; The Wars of the Jews 6.9.420-429; Matthew  24:19-21)

21. Flavius Josephus: there were many prodigies and prophets that predicted the coming destruction of the Temple (Ecclesiastical History 3.8.1-9; The Wars of the Jews 6.5.288-306)

22. Flavius Josephus: there was an obscure prophecy about someone from that region who would rule the world that Jews understood as Vespasian (Ecclesiastical History 3.8.10-11; The Wars of the Jews 6.6.312-313)

23. Flavius Josephus: an introduction to himself in his family and origin (Ecclesiastical History 3.9.1-2; The Wars of the Jews Preface 3)

24. Flavius Josephus: the Jews have a well established canon (Ecclesiastical History 3.10.1-5; Flavius Josephus Against Apion 1.38-43)

25. Flavius Josephus: Josephus desired to write many other books (Ecclesiastical History 3.10.7; The Antiquities of the Jews 20.10.267-268)

26. Flavius Josephus: unlike Justus Tiberias, Josephus’ histories could be trusted (Ecclesiastical History 3.10.8-11; The Life of Flavius Josephus 361-363)