1·The Jewish historian Josephus described an incident around 2, 000 years ago in which jealous residents of Masada, the desert fortress just up the road, raided Ein Gedi and stripped it of its wealth.
犹太史学家约瑟夫描述了大约发生于2 000年前的一个事件，居住在高处马察达堡垒里的人袭击了恩戈地，抢夺了当地的财富。
2·This problem is a variant of the Josephus problem which can be solved with segment tree.
这个问题是约瑟夫问题的一个变种，可以用线段树解决。
3·But if there be any truth in Josephus's assertion, that John was put to death at Machaerus, it is hard to understand why he was buried so far from the Herodian fortress.
但是，如果约瑟夫的声称有任何真实的话，那么约翰是在马卡鲁斯被处死，很难明白为何他会被埋葬在远离希律王室堡垒的地方。
4·Josephus tell us quite another story, containing perhaps also an element of truth.
约瑟夫告诉了我们一个完全不同的故事，也许会包含一点点的真实。
5·In the Vol. 23 of Fang Zhongtong's mathematical work Shudu Yan (1687) a problem which belongs to the system of Josephus' Problem. It is the only appearance of this kind of problem in China.
方中通《数度衍》卷23中列有一个属于约瑟夫斯问题的题目，这是目前所知中国古算书中惟一的一个有关的题目。