Original sentence: Historian E.However, his critics ignore the fact that Simon Bar Giora and John of Giscala, both extreme zealots and great opponents of Josephus, who stayed in Jerusalem and led the war against Rome in its final stage, in a moment of truth, preferred life over suicide and humbly surrendered to the Romans
Edited sentence: Also, Josephus' critics who wished he would have comitted suicide, ignore the fact that Simon Bar Giora and John of Giscala, both extreme zealots and great opponents of Josephus, who stayed in Jerusalem and led the war against Rome in its final stage, in a moment of truth, preferred life over suicide and humbly surrendered to the Romans.An objective reading of the text however, reveals that Josephus' companions insisted on group suicide rather than surrendering to the Romans.For example, Historian E.Josephus got his freedom but payed heavily: he has been forever condemned for choosing life over becoming a hero, by falling on his sword at the top of the castle.Josephus, at first, pretended to agree but when he and another zealot - either by luck or by cheating, remained the last survivors, they surrendered.Some historians due to various interpretations, are eager to critisize Josephus in harsh words