Jesus bar Ananus
Jesus bar Ananus was killed by a stone from a catapult. With the last cry of "Woe to Jerusalem and woe to myself also", a stone from the Roman engines smote him and killed him immediately. His voice was but the renewed echo of the voice of Jewish prophecy and a solemn prophetic fulfillment of the words of Jesus.
Jesus bar Ananus cried "woe, woe to Jerusalem" before the destruction of the Holy City. At the festivals, his cries were the loudest. Four years before the war began, while as yet the city was in the greatest peace and prosperity, this melancholy manic traversed the streets with the repeated cry "woe, woe - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegroom..." Thus he continued for 7 years and 5 months prophesying the catastrophy to come.
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