Josephus The Jewish War Book 5 5.378
When was it that God, who is the Creator of the Jewish people, did not avenge them when they had been injured? Will not you turn again, and look back, and consider whence it is that you fight with such violence, and how great a Supporter you have profanely abused? Will not you recall to mind the prodigious things done for your forefathers and this holy place, and how great enemies of yours were by him subdued under you? I even tremble myself in declaring the works of God before your ears, that are unworthy to hear them; however, listen to me, that you may be informed how you fight not only against the Romans, but against God himself.
Romans 13:2
1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God. 2 So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment 3 (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation
Notes and References
"... Following the Stoic Posidonius, Seneca supposed that “nature has the habit of subjecting the weaker to the stronger” (Seneca, Moral Epistles 90:4). Josephus also applied the law of the stronger. He tells how he admonished Jews to surrender during the siege of Jerusalem ... Josephus follows the theological tradition—already visible in Thucydides’ dialogue as the Athenian standpoint—in which divinity is on the side of the stronger. To make his point even clearer Josephus adds, “listen, that you may learn that you are warring not against the Romans only, but also against God” (The Jewish War 5.378–379). This is a very close parallel to Paul’s words: “whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed” (Romans 13:2). Here we see that both Josephus and Paul embraced the Greco-Roman political theology and adjusted it to their Jewish tradition ..."
Huttunen, Niko Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition (p. 67) Brill, 2020