John Trapp on John 18:35

Verſe 35. Am I a Jew?] This he asketh in ſcorn of that Nation; hatefull among the Heathens for their difference from them in Religion. Caius the Emperour caſt them out with their Oratour Philo, Serab, Geog. who came to make Apology for them againſt Appion of Alexandria their adverſary and accuſer. Strabo of meer ſpite, ſaith, that Judea is a dry and barren countrey, when the Scripture calleth it a land flowing with milk and honey, plenty and dainty; and Tacitus cannot but grant as much. Heyl. Geng. Au. de[illegible: 1 letter]iv, Dei Florus calleth the Temple at Jeruſalem, impiae gentis arcanum, a Sanctuary for rogues, as the Papiſts fay of Geneva. Seneca jeers them for caſting away the ſeventh part of their time upon a weekly Sabbath. Juvenal plaies upon their circumciſion. Lib [non-Latin text not transcribed]. [illegible: 1 letter]ap. 5 Ta[illegible: 1 letter]. Ann[illegible: 1 letter]t. [illegible: 1 letter]. 21. Plutarch tels a long Story of their feaſt of Tabernacles, which, ſaith he, they keep in honour of Batcbus. Tacitus ſaith, they were called Aſinarij, becauſe they worſhipped the golden head of an Aſſe, &c. No wonder though profane Pilate diſdeign to be held a Jew, when they were thus traduced.