They shall perish, but thou continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,

For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.

If then indeed he were upon earth, he would not even be a priest, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,

In that he says New, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged is near disappearing.

Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshippers once purged having no longer any conscience of sins?

And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:

Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for they watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.